Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) introduced the No Tax Dollars for the Taliban Act last year. The bill is expected to pass today in the House.
The No Tax Dollars for the Taliban Act would force the State Department to report on which countries send aid to the Taliban that also get U.S. assistance.
Thanks to President Joe Biden’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban were ready to take over the country as soon as the last military plane left the Kabul airport. The Biden administration left a power vacuum in place and the Taliban filled that vacuum in 2021.
The bill forces the secretary of state to weigh if the countries getting American dollars should keep getting that aid. The bill also forces the State Department to develop a strategy to stop sending aid to the Taliban.
Burchett is the vice chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee’s subcommittee on the Middle East. He…
