{"id":2235399,"date":"2024-05-02T10:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T14:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-funneled-1-3-million-to-taliban-audit-finds\/"},"modified":"2024-05-02T10:41:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T14:41:02","slug":"biden-admin-funneled-1-3-million-to-taliban-audit-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-funneled-1-3-million-to-taliban-audit-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Funneled $1.3 Million to Taliban, Audit Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-funneled-1-3-million-to-taliban-audit-finds%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2235399&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Biden administration funneled nearly $1.3 million to the Taliban as part of reconstruction projects in Afghanistan that are being administered by the United States, according to a government oversight group.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2021, when the Biden administration conducted its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has allocated millions to weapons removal projects. As part of these activities, the U.S. government and its partners inside Afghanistan &#8220;have paid Taliban entities nearly $1.3 million in taxes, including $138,000 this quarter,&#8221; according to an <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/EMBARGOED-SIGARs-63rd-Quarterly-Report-to-Congress.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">audit<\/a> by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which monitors America&#8217;s $17 billion post-withdrawal investment in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Another $5 million in U.S. funds remain available for future weapons removal projects, which will likely have to be conducted with the Taliban&#8217;s blessing. The United States&#8217; payments to the Taliban\u2014which seized power during the Biden administration&#8217;s evacuation\u2014come amid warnings that Afghanistan &#8220;is once again becoming a terrorist haven,&#8221; according to SIGAR. The oversight group has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/us-taxpayers-may-funding-taliban-afghan-terror-groups-watchdog-says-rcna80446\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">repeatedly warned<\/a> that billions in U.S. taxpayer dollars are potentially being diverted to the Taliban and that this money cannot be properly tracked because the Biden administration is stonewalling investigations.<\/p>\n<p>With billions in taxpayer dollars still flowing into Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, terror attacks from inside the country are on the rise. The Taliban government &#8220;remain[s] tolerant of some terror groups, such as al Qaeda and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,&#8221; according to SIGAR. Other militant groups, including ISIS, are also expanding their operations in Afghanistan and maintain the ability to launch attacks on U.S. and Western interests abroad.<\/p>\n<p>ISIS-K, for instance, &#8220;retains the capability and will to attack U.S. and Western interests abroad in as little as six months and with little to no warning,&#8221; Gen. Michael Kurilla, the head of U.S. Central Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee in March.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban continues to enforce its strict interpretation of Islamic law, which includes booting women out of the public sector and banning girls from attending schools.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Taliban leaders defended the stoning and flogging of women who violate religious laws, according to documentation provided by SIGAR.<\/p>\n<p>The deteriorating human rights situation has forced many Afghans to flee the country, with a sizable portion arriving at the U.S. southern border.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Groups of 30-40 Afghans, including adults and children, made the journey across 13 countries from Brazil to the U.S.-Mexico border, using a variety of transportation methods including planes, trains, buses, and by foot,&#8221; SIGAR reported, citing interviews with refugees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Many of those interviewed said SIGAR was the first U.S. government agency to contact them since their arrival,&#8221; indicating that the U.S. government is not undertaking a coordinated effort to track those entering the country.\t<\/p>\n<p>Afghans trying to obtain asylum in America said they &#8220;often had to pay bribes to police officers&#8221; in a range of countries along the way, &#8220;since they entered those countries illegally.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving at the U.S. southern border, one refugee recounted being &#8220;greeted by a border agent who told them, &#8216;Welcome to America.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Published under:<\/strong> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/afghan-terror\/\" title=\"View all posts in Afghan Terror\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfghan Terror\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/afghanistan\/\" title=\"View all posts in Afghanistan\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfghanistan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/afghanistan-crisis\/\" title=\"View all posts in Afghanistan Crisis\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAfghanistan Crisis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" title=\"View all posts in Biden Administration\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBiden Administration\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/border\/\" title=\"View all posts in border\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tborder\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" title=\"View all posts in Border Crisis\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBorder Crisis\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/government-spending\/\" title=\"View all posts in Government Spending\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGovernment Spending\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/illegal-immigration\/\" title=\"View all posts in Illegal Immigration\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIllegal Immigration\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/isis\/\" title=\"View all posts in ISIS\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISIS\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/isis-k\/\" title=\"View all posts in ISIS-K\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tISIS-K\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/taliban\/\" title=\"View all posts in Taliban\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTaliban\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/terrorism\/\" title=\"View all posts in Terrorism\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tTerrorism\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/tag\/womens-rights\/\" title=\"View all posts in Women's Rights\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWomen&#8217;s Rights\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span> \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration funneled nearly $1.3 million to the Taliban as part of reconstruction projects in Afghanistan that are being administered by the United States, according to a government oversight group. Since 2021, when the Biden administration conducted its botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, the State Department&#8217;s Bureau of Political-Military Affairs has allocated millions to weapons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2235401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/afghanistan-adrift-one-year-on-since-the-taliban-takeover-1-scaled-e1714496408966.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2235399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/afghanistan-adrift-one-year-on-since-the-taliban-takeover-1-scaled-e1714496408966.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2235399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2235399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2235401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2235399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2235399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2235399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}