Tolo News: The press release of Rahmani said: “On 12/12/2023, the Treasury Department of the United States of America published a report containing false information regarding U.S. contracts in Afghanistan and accusations of our administrative corruption. We categorically deny these corruption allegations. However, out of respect for our people, it is necessary to inform the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 11, 2023 The U.S. Treasury on December 11 slapped sanctions on a former Afghan official, his son, and related entities, accusing them of misappropriating millions of dollars of funds provided by U.S. government contracts. The sanctions statement cited former Afghan parliament speaker Mir Rahman Rahmani and his son Ajmal Rahmani.
8am: Over the past two years, local Taliban forces in Ghor province collected funds from residents, claiming it was for constructing the Ghor-Herat highway. Currently, Ghor residents express concern that these funds have been misappropriated by local Taliban officials, and there is no accountability. Residents state that, while poverty and hunger are increasing in the
8am: On Sunday, November 26, Hasht-e Subh Daily received information from a reliable source stating that the 90-year-old merchant had been in Taliban custody for approximately 22 days. Furthermore, the source claims that the Taliban’s motive for detaining Roshan is to extort money from him. As per the source, Roshan was taken into custody after
Michael Hughes: The U.S. State Department shrugged its collective shoulders, so to speak, and seemed to say “not my problem” when pressed on the Taliban siphoning large portions of American humanitarian aid. Instead of taking any responsibility, the U.S. suggested international aid organizations should be blamed for getting ripped off by the radical movement. On
Judicial Watch: In one of the most recent Afghanistan debacles, the Taliban has established fraudulent non-governmental organizations (NGO) to loot the hundreds of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid that the United States has sent Afghanistan since the 2021 military withdraw. NGOs are typically nonprofits with humanitarian missions that supposedly work to improve public or
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 23, 2023 A recently published report by a U.S. government watchdog for assistance to Afghanistan says the unrecognized Taliban regime is reaping economic benefits through poorly monitored international aid, which it views as a “revenue stream.” The latest quarterly report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), covering the
8am: In the past two years, the Taliban have established hundreds of bases in Panjshir province. This group has employed over 500 workers for the construction of their security bases. Local sources now report that the wages of these workers have not been paid by the Taliban-affiliated contractor. Sources have stated that the contractor has
By Abubakar Siddique September 23, 2023 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The Taliban has been celebrating since the Islamist group that rules Afghanistan signed seven mining contracts promising to attract more than $6.5 billion in investments late last month. But experts are skeptical about whether the contracts, signed on August 31 with Afghan-based companies aligned with foreign
NIKKEI: …Afghan mining ministry lacks the technical and other capacity to manage and oversee such contracts, warning this could lead to a grim outlook of “corruption, mismanagement and environmental disasters. “Taliban factions in Takhar have at times engaged in violent confrontations over control of valuable resources. Media reports said the Taliban leadership last month replaced