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US aid vetting failures may have benefited militants in Afghanistan, watchdog finds
« on: July 21, 2024, 12:27:48 pm »
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US aid vetting failures may have benefited militants in Afghanistan, watchdog finds
By Jonathan Landay
July 17, 20245:01 PM EDTUpdated 4 days ago

 
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - Two State Department bureaus could not prove compliance with internal policies for vetting aid groups in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan that received $293 million in funds, raising a risk that extremists may have profited, a U.S. watchdog said on Wednesday.

"It is critical that State knows who is actually benefitting from this assistance in order to prevent the aid from being diverted to the Taliban or other sanctioned parties," said the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report.
 
The Taliban, the report said, has tried to obtain U.S. aid funds "through several means, including the establishment of humanitarian organizations," underscoring the need for the department to "fully and consistently assess the risks posed by its implementing partners."

The State Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/us-aid-vetting-failures-may-have-benefited-militants-afghanistan-watchdog-finds-2024-07-17/
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Re: US aid vetting failures may have benefited militants in Afghanistan, watchdog finds
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2024, 12:34:24 pm »
Through the end of 2008, we were fully achieving our objective in Afghanistan on a shoestring budget with minimal deployment.  In 2009, all of that changed.
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