Taliban Pocketing $2.5 Billion in US Taxpayer Humanitarian Aid: Inspector General

Congress-appointed auditor tells panel he’s ‘not getting cooperation’ from Biden administration in tracking how billions for Afghan assistance is being spent.

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) John Sopko testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in Washington on Nov. 14, 2023. The inspector general is frustrated by a lack of cooperation from the Biden administration’s State Department in figuring out where $2.5 billon in U.S. humanitarian assistance has been spent since August 2021. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

News Analysis

U.S. taxpayers have provided $2.5 billion in humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan to international nonprofit organizations since the United States’ abrupt August 2021 withdrawal—a chaotic departure scarred by suicide bombings that killed 180 people, including 13 American service members.