USA is Reportedly Funding the Taliban in Afghanistan!

Is this a huge shock that the US might be funding the Taliban? We all know that Zbigniew Brzezinski helped finance Al-Qaeda back in the day, so it should not be a surprise that the U.S. is funding the Taliban. Of course the USA is not directly funding the Taliban, but the Taliban gets a significant cut of all the international assistance dollars from the USA and other countries that are flowing through the country.

The new feeling is that less than half of the Taliban’s war chest comes from poppy, with a variety of sources, including private contributions from Persian Gulf states, accounting for much of the rest. Holbrooke told reporters that he would add a member of the Treasury Department to his staff to pursue the question of Taliban funding.

But perhaps U.S. officials need look no further than their own backyard.

Anecdotal evidence is mounting that the Taliban are taking a hefty portion of assistance money coming into Afghanistan from the outside.

This goes beyond mere protection money or extortion of “taxes” at the local level — very high-level negotiations take place between the Taliban and major contractors, according to sources close to the process.

Source: Reuters