DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—An “increased risk” exists that at least $293 million in U.S. aid disbursed by the State Department in Afghanistan between March and November 2022 could fall into the Taliban’s hands, a new report finds.
Two subagencies of the State Department—the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs—provided incomplete documentation and therefore could not establish that they had complied with counterterrorism vetting requirements, the report says.
The report was prepared by the Office of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR.
Members of the Taliban have attempted to capture U.S. funds meant to provide aid to the people of Afghanistan since the U.S.-designated terrorist organization took over the country again in August…
