Afghanistan watchdog cannot confirm American taxpayers are ‘not currently funding the Taliban’

John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), told the House Oversight Committee Wednesday that he cannot guarantee American taxpayer’s dollars aren’t “currently funding the Taliban.” “Nor can I assure you that the Taliban are not diverting the money we are sending from the intended recipients, which are the poor Afghan people,” said Sopko. The Biden administration has sent $8 billion in aid to Afghanistan since the 2021 U.S. withdrawal.