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Ernst Blasts Biden’s Release of US Tax Dollars to Aid Taliban’s ‘Endangered Species’ Efforts

Ernst Blasts Biden’s Release of US Tax Dollars to Aid Taliban’s ‘Endangered Species’ Efforts
A Taliban fighter stands guard as the group's Higher Education Minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani speaks on the Taliban's higher education policies at the Loya Jirga Hall in Kabul on Aug. 29, 2021. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) says President Joe Biden is compounding the tragedy of the bungled U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan by approving unspecified amounts of U.S. foreign aid for “endangered species” programs through the Taliban and Haqqani terrorist networks that now control the war-torn country.

“After ordering a hasty and disastrous retreat from Afghanistan last August, the Biden administration has now authorized the flow of U.S. taxpayer dollars back into the country through the Taliban and the Haqqani Islamic Terrorist Network,' Ernst said in a Jan. 25 statement.
Mark Tapscott
Mark Tapscott
Senior Congressional Correspondent
Mark Tapscott is an award-winning senior Congressional correspondent for The Epoch Times. He covers Congress, national politics, and policy. Mr. Tapscott previously worked for Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Montgomery Journal, and Daily Caller News Foundation.
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