Category: Abuse

Hostages Speak Up About Hamas Sexual Abuse

A new documentary by former Meta executive Sheryl Sandberg shows the sexual abuse committed by Hamas on October 7th, as some hostages are beginning to speak out for the first time.

Civilians took me. "They sold me to Hamas" - Nili Margalit, freed hostage (Part 1)

Nili Margalit, who endured the brutality of Hamas captivity in Gaza for nearly 50 days, describes the chilling experience of being kidnapped.

TV host breaks down hearing former Hamas hostage’s torture story

Sky News host Sharri Markson has broken down in tears after hearing the tragic story of how a girl held captive with former hostage Aviva Siegel was beaten by Hamas terrorists.

An ex-hostage of Hamas speaks out on her harrowing experience

Former Hamas hostage Ilana Gritzewsky joined Sky News Australia to reveal the tragic story of when she and her boyfriend were kidnapped on October 7 in Israel.

IDF Soldier “It’s TIME to Tell You EVERYTHING that Happened to Me…”

Who We Are: In 2010, Rabbi Uriel & Shevy Vigler invited a group of wounded IDF veterans for a 10-day all-expense paid trip to New York City. “We felt the soldiers could boost morale and might appreciate recognition from their American Jewish friends.” Little did they expect the true impact the trip would have. Vigler’s heartfelt gesture of solidarity and support was the root of Belev Echad. Since then, the program has developed into a global organization that is dedicated to helping IDF veterans thrive. The connection and camaraderie between the staff and soldiers makes a tremendous difference when dealing with the trauma associated with war. The Belev Echad family provides a safe space where the soldiers, and their families, can let their guard down and don’t have to face the horrors they have witnessed alone.

 

Angry Biden SLAMS Democrats as ‘Elitists’ & Writes DEFIANT Letter

Biden Resolute in 2024 Bid, Aims to Beat Trump: President Joe Biden has reaffirmed his commitment to remain in the 2024 presidential race, despite speculation and calls for him to step aside. In a letter to congressional Democrats, Biden emphasized his determination to beat Donald Trump and highlighted that the decision on the Democratic nominee should be left to the voters.

JosepH R. BIDEN, JR.
July 8, 2024,
Fellow Democrats,
Now that you have returned from July 4th recess, I want you to know that despite all the
speculation in the press and elsewhere, I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running
this race to the end, and to beat Donald Trump.
1 have had extensive conversations with the leadership of the party, elected officials, rank and
file members, and most importantly, Democratic voters over these past 10 days or so. I have
heard the concerns that people have ~their good faith fears and worries about what is at stake
in this election. I am not blind to them. Believe me, I know better than anyone the responsibility
and the burden the nominee of our party carries. I carried it in 2020 when the fate of our nation
was at stake. I also know that these concerns come from a place of real respect in my lifetime of
public service and my record as President, and I have been moved by expressions of affection
for me from so many who have known me well and supported me over the course of my public life:
life. I'm grateful for the rock-solid, steadfast support from so many elected Democrats in
Congress and all across the country and taken great strength from the resolve and determination
I've seen from so many voters and grassroots supporters even in the hardest of weeks.
Tcan respond to all this by saying clearly and unequivocally: I wouldn't be running again if I did
not absolutely believe I was the best person to beat Donald Trump in 2024,
We have a Democratic nomination process and the voters have spoken clearly and decisively. I
received over 14 million votes, 87% of the votes cast across the entire nominating process. | have
nearly 3,000 delegates, making me the presumptive nominee of our party by a wide margin.

This was a process open to anyone who wanted to run. Only three people chose to challenge me.
One fared so badly that he left the primaries to run as an independent. Another attacked me for
being too old and was soundly defeated. The voters of the Democratic Party have voted. They
have chosen me to be the nominee of the party.
Do we now just say this process doesn't matter? That the voters don't have a say?
I declined to do that. I feel a deep obligation to the faith and the trust of the voters of the Democratic
Parties have placed me in to run this year. It was their decision to make. Not the press, not the
Pundits, not big donors, not any selected group of individuals, no matter how well
intended. The voters — and the voters alone ~ decide the nominee of the Democratic Party.
How can we stand for democracy in our nation if we ignore it in our own party? I cannot do that.
Twill not do that,
I have no doubt that I ~ and we ~ can and will beat Donald Trump. We have an historic record
of success to run on. From creating over 15 million jobs (including 200,000 just last month),
reaching historic lows on unemployment, revitalizing American manufacturing with 800,000
jobs, to protecting and expanding affordable health care, to rebuilding America’s roads, bridges,
highways, ports, airports, and water systems to beat Big Pharma and lower the cost of
prescription drugs, including $35 a month insulin for seniors, to provide student debt relief
for nearly 5 million Americans for a historic investment in combatting climate change.
More importantly, we have an economic vision to run on that soundly beats Trump and the
MAGA Republicans. They are siding with the wealthy and the big corporations and we are siding
with the working people of America. It wasn't an isolated moment for Trump to stand at Mar-A-
Lago and tell the oil industry they should give him $1 billion and he will do whatever they want.

“That's whose side Trump and the MAGA Republicans are on. Trump and the MAGA
Republicans want another $5 trillion in tax cuts for rich people so they can cut Social Security
and Medicare. We will never let that happen. It's trickle-down economics on steroids. We know
the way to build the economy is from the middle out and the bottom up, not the top down. We
are finally going to make the rich and big corporations pay their fair share of taxes in this
country. The MAGA party is also still determined to repeal the Affordable Care Act, which could
throw 45 million Americans off their coverage. We will never let that happen either. Trump got
rich denying rental housing to black people. We plan to build 2 million new housing units
in America. They want to let Big Pharma charge as much as they want again. What do you think?
America's seniors will think when they know Trump and the MAGA Republicans want to take
away from their $35 insulin — as well as the $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription costs we
Democrats just got them? Or what do you think American families are going to think when they
find out Trump and the MAGA Republicans want to hit them with a new $2,500 national sales
tax on all the imported products they buy.
We are the ones lowering costs for families ~ from health care to prescription drugs to student
debt to housing. We are the ones protecting Social Security and Medicare. Everything they're
The proposal raises costs for most Americans — except their tax cuts, which will go to the rich.
We are protecting the freedoms of Americans. Trump and the MAGA Republicans are taking
them away. They have already for the first time in history taken away a fundamental freedom
from the American people by overturning Roe v. Wade. They have decided politicians should
make the most personal of decisions that should be made by women and their doctors and those
closest to them. They have already said that they won't stop there ~ and are going after everything.
from contraception to IVF to the right to marry someone you love. They have made it clear they
will ban abortion nationwide. We will let none of that happen. I have made it clear that if
Kamala and Iare reelected, and the nation elects a Democratic House and Senate, we will make
Roe v. Wade the law of the land again. We are the ones who will bring the real Supreme Court
Reform: Donald Trump and his majority want more of the same from the Court and the chance

to add to the right-wing majority they built by subverting the norms and principles of the:
nomination and confirmation process.
We are standing up for American democracy. Since January 6th, Trump has proven that he
is unfit to ever hold the office of President. We can never allow him anywhere near that office
again. And we never will.
My fellow Democrats — we have the record, the vision, and the fundamental commitment to
America’s freedoms and our democracy to win.
“The question of how to move forward has been well-aired for over a week now. And it's time for
it to end. We have one job. And that is to beat Donald Trump. We have 42 days until the
Democratic Convention and 119 days to the general election. Any weakening of resolve or lack of
clarity about the task ahead only helps Trump and hurts us. It's time to come together, move
forward as a unified party, and defeat Donald Trump.
Sincerely,

Joseph R. Biden Jr.
President of the United States of America

Stephen Gardner and Brigitte Gabriel, a political, cultural, and national security commentator, discussed several key topics~Biden Gets The BAD NEWS he’s been DREADING!

SEE: https://www.actforamerica.org/aboutbrigitte

ALSO: https://www.actforamerica.org/videos

AND: https://rumble.com/c/BrigitteGabriel

BRIGITTE GABRIEL is a leading commentator on politics, culture, and national security. As a legal immigrant to America born in Lebanon, Ms. Gabriel survived war in the Middle East living in an 8x10 underground bomb shelter from the age of 10 until 17 years old. She lectures nationally and internationally, and her expertise is sought after by world and business leaders.

Ms. Gabriel moved to Israel in 1984 and became a news anchor for “World News,” an evening Arabic news broadcast for Middle East television seen throughout Israel, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon. Her work is of international scope and has brought her in contact with world figures such as Margaret Thatcher, George H. Bush, Queen Nour El Hussein, Itzhak Rabine, and Shimon Perez.

Ms. Gabriel immigrated to the United States in 1989 and founded a television production and advertising company. Her clients include ABC, NBC, CBS, Discovery, TLC, History Channel, CNN, the Oprah Winfrey show, 20/20, World NewsTonight, and Good Morning America just to name a few.

She has addressed the United Nations, Australian Prime Minister, members of the British Parliament/House of Commons, members of the United States Congress, The Pentagon, The Joint Forces Staff College, the US Special Operations Command, the US Asymmetric Warfare group, the FBI, and many others.

In addition, Gabriel is a regular guest analyst on Fox News Channel, Newsmax, OAN, and many American and international media outlets worldwide.

Ms. Gabriel is the Founder and Chairman of ACT for America, the largest national security grassroots organization in the U.S. with over two million members. She is a NYT best-selling author of three books, the latest being “RISE” In Defense of Judeo-Christian Values and Freedom.

Ms. Gabriel was knighted in Europe in 2016 and became “Dame Brigitte Gabriel”. She has been named one of the top 50 most prominent speakers in America. She speaks Arabic, French, English, and Hebrew.

Biden Outraged Netanyahu Mentioned His Blocking Aid to Israel

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SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/06/biden-outraged-netanyahu-mentioned-his-blocking-aid-to-israel; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:

The goal is to abandon Israel and convince liberal American Jews to blame Israel.

Act 1. The stage is set. The key players are Barack Obama, who wants to manufacture a break with Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, looking to navigate a hostile administration, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and Vice President Joe Biden.

During Biden’s visit to Israel, the Obama administration staged a scandal, claiming that it was deliberately insulted because the local Jerusalem municipality routed some housing that the administration belatedly opposed through an approvals process.

Hillary Clinton spent an hour (and later brags about) yelling at Netanyahu over the phone. Biden refuses to come down for an hour to the event and a glass trophy being awarded to him ends up being broken. The media played up a scandal that had been purely invented while spreading the narrative that it was Netanyahu who was creating a crisis.

Act 2. Dramatis Personae. Joe Biden. Benjamin Netanyahu. Barak Ravid, the Axios-employed propagandist acting as a point man for the Biden administration’s influence operation to remove Netanyahu and stop the war on Hamas while preventing any action against Iran.

Here’s how it plays out.

Biden publicly blocks previously approved military aid to Israel. And is slow-walking other aid. Netanyahu mentions this in a video. The Biden administration fumes and cancels meetings over Iran. Barak Ravid writes all of this up with lots of “anonymous sources” in the administration and the Israeli Left.

Act 2 is even more absurd than Act 1 because Biden was touting his “extreme pressure” on Israel in a recent video.

But when Netanyahu mentions it, it’s a “scandal” and an “insult”.

Cue the media narrative campaign.

Barak Ravid / Axios: Scoop: White House cancels meeting, scolds Netanyahu in protest over video

Barak Ravid / Axios: White House baffled by Netanyahu’s claim Biden is withholding weapons

Baffled!

Barak Ravid / Axios: Scoop: U.S. puts a hold on ammunition shipment to Israel

All of this is a scam. The goal is to abandon Israel and convince liberal American Jews to blame Israel for the breach.

It’s the same Obama playbook being run again.

TITLE NINE REVISED INTO THOUSANDS OF PAGES BY BIDEN ADNINISTRATION~Well, well, Look what they decided to do here!!

Revealing My Private Conversation with the Head of the NCAA | Riley Gaines

Arkansas Attorney General files lawsuit against revised Title IX rules

Greg Abbott, Conservative Governors DEFY Biden On New Title IX Rules For TRANS Students

This Title IX Rewrite is INSANE

Biden's Outrageous Title IX Changes Hurting Women & Men, w/ Alex Clark, Mary Morgan, Stepman & More

Biden Lawfare Victim: Political Persecution of Ordinary Citizens is Why Trump Must Win

In an exclusive interview with Hannah Knudsen at Turning Point USA's Young Women's Leadership Summit 2024, Joeylynn Mesaros detailed the political persecution she and her husband have faced for supposedly causing "emotional distress" to Joe Biden's supporters in the 2020 election, including almost four years of weaponized lawfare.

SEE: FREESPEECHDEFENDER.COM

The Fight for Free Speech: Our Story

Roberts and Joeylynn Mesaros, along with 4 other Texans, are being sued by Biden’s White House officials and Democrats politicians in Federal Court under the Ku Klux Klan Law of 1871 for simply driving next to the Biden Bus during its campaign in 2020. There are ZERO criminal charges. This is a CIVIL lawsuit where plaintiffs claim they have "EMOTIONAL DAMAGE" from the couple's exercise of FREE SPEECH and claim they are seeking FINANCIAL COMPENSATION; however, it is clear that what they are after is much greater.

As Americans witness the increasing weaponization of the DOJ against Conservatives, defending free speech is more important than ever. Robert and Joeylynn Mesaros are personally suffering from political persecution and abuse of the progressive left's attempts to keep Trump off the ballot. They are being used as a tool by Democrats who egregiously claim they are "political extremists," "threats to democracy", "white supremacists", and "MAGA extremists" (in Trump's impeachment trial, the 14th Amendment hearing, and across all mainstream media headlines) all for driving down a public highway.

Backed by progressive, far-left, non-profits (Texas Civil Rights Project and Protect Democracy), the plaintiff's 20+ DC attorneys are bankrupting the Mesaroses via lawfare. Robert and Joeylynn tapped into their son's college fund, set aside dreams of opening their own plumbing company, and cashed out their 401K, using the money to retain their attorney.  They have since run out of money, which makes it blatantly obvious that money isn’t what the left is after. The couple faces over $500,000 in legal defense fees alone as they have the burden of proving their innocence. They are fundraising to cover the remainder of the extremely costly legal defense fees. 

It is a travesty of justice to see an administration weaponize the law against average Americans for exercising basic Constitutional rights, and then to leverage the media to create heinous lies around the story, leaving the family defamed and without a voice to advocate for themselves. The Texas couple understands the scary precedent this could set at the federal level for Free Speech rights for ALL Americans, and they are determined to fight back and ensure this doesn't happen to anyone else. 

Your financial support to win this politically-phenomenal and precedent-setting legal battle is critical as Robert and Joeylynn hold the left accountable for weaponizing the judicial system against average Americans and keeping Free Speech free for everyone.

The Mesaroses have an optimistic attitude amidst the oppression as they believe God has called for their family to boldly stand up in the face of tyranny to maintain our God-given freedoms for generations to come. They expect to ultimately see a victory for Americans' First Amendment rights. Thank you for your prayers, financial contributions, and for joining the fight to defend Free Speech.

Join our Family of Defenders

With your financial help, Robert and Joeylynn can raise the funds needed for an aggressive legal defense to hold these corrupt politicians accountable. They are up against plaintiffs with 20+ attorneys, multiple non-profits funding their lawsuit, and deep donor pockets. Anything you can do would be life-changing for this family: $25, $50, $100, $500.

Robert and Joeylynn promise to be good stewards of every penny donated. They hope to recuperate legal fees and plan to start a fund where they help other Americans defend their God-given Constitutional right to free speech.

As mainstream media spreads malicious lies to defame and mischaracterize this family’s name, Robert and Joeylynn need your help raising awareness of the truth. Conservative media has been reluctant to share your story, so any connections you have for interviews or speaking opportunities would be greatly appreciated.

Robert and Joeylynn thank you for praying for their strength, courage, and determination to persevere in the struggle. Robert and Joeylynn believe prayer is powerful, and they appreciate you standing in agreement with them as they are a voice for the American people's Freedom of Speech.

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Bidens Should Reimburse the Taxpayers $345,400 For Personal Travel, Just Like Courts Ordered Former NRA CEO

Ammoland Inc.Posted on by

SEE: https://www.ammoland.com/2024/06/bidens-should-reimburse-taxpayers-345400-personal-travel/; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:

Jill Biden Official Photo IMG whitehouse.gov
Jill Biden, Official Photo IMG whitehouse.gov

First Lady Jill Biden reportedly racked up $345,400 in travel costs last week, zipping back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean so she could attend her son’s trial on federal gun law violations, and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms says the Biden family, not taxpayers, should foot the bill.

“A federal court in New York recently found former National Rifle Association CEO Wayne LaPierre financially responsible for personal trips he made at NRA expense,” said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb, “so we should expect the Biden family to be held to the same standard.”

A published report says the Democratic Party will “chip in some funds,” but taxpayers—including American gun owners—will get stuck with the balance of the bill."

Mrs. Biden flew from Washington, D.C., to Delaware to attend Hunter Biden’s trial last Tuesday and then flew overnight Wednesday from Wilmington to Paris to attend the 80th anniversary of the D-Day event. She flew back to Wilmington on Thursday to be back in the courtroom. On Friday, she flew back to Paris so she could attend a Saturday event with French First Lady Brigitte Macron and attend a state dinner that evening with President Joe Biden.

“That’s a lot of back-and-forth, much of it on personal travel, so why is the DNC paying any part of it,” Gottlieb questioned. “If the DNC is paying, is this election-related, and how?" Is it to hopefully prevent Hunter from becoming a bigger campaign issue, and if not, are Biden’s declaring this as income, and will they be paying taxes on it, because it covers a personal expense. How is the DNC going to classify this expense reimbursement?

“If the DNC’s justification for picking up the expense is that it is election related, it would have to be because the intent is to keep Hunter’s trial from becoming a campaign issue,” he said. “If so, isn’t that equal to the election interference charge leveled against Donald Trump in a New York courtroom?”

American taxpayers should no more have to pay any part of that tab than NRA members would have to pay for LaPierre’s personal trips. It’s tough to juggle courtroom appearances with foreign photo ops, but if you play, you should pay.”

Mrs. Biden flew home Sunday on Air Force One with the president. The Democrat party said it would cover the cost of her travel, but there was no word on who pays for her staff travel or her Secret Service details.

“Actually,” Gottlieb said, “none of this would have been necessary if Hunter Biden had simply been truthful on a federal firearms form, and just said ‘no’ to drugs.” This whole fiasco is wrong for more reasons than the number of rounds that can be held in the magazines Joe Biden wants to ban.”

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (www.ccrkba.org) is one of the nation’s premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organizations of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.

Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Who Is Funding the Taliban? You Are, Thanks to OId Joe Biden

by Robert Spencer | 4:35 PM on June 07, 2024
SEE: https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2024/06/07/who-is-funding-the-taliban-you-are-thanks-to-oid-joe-biden-n4929714; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:
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The Biden regime has made it clear which side it is on with $10 billion to Iran and $100 million to Gaza, which means to Hamas since there isn’t any entity in Gaza that has the power or will to keep the money away from Hamas. But wait! There are more enemies of America to fund, and Old Joe and his henchmen have been happy to fork over your hard-earned dough. One of the primary recipients has been the ardent Jeffersonians who governed Afghanistan in the wake of our woke military’s catastrophically botched withdrawal from that country in 2021: from the Taliban.

Just The News reported Thursday that “a recently released federal watchdog report shows that the U.S. government has sent at least $11 million to the Taliban since the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops.” 

$11 million is bad enough. But that’s a wildly low estimate as it leaves out the key excuse that the Biden regime uses to send our money over to Kabul: humanitarian aid. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) wrote in its May 2024 report, “U.S. Funds Benefitting the Taliban-Controlled Government: Implementing Partners Paid at Least $10.9 Million and Were Pressured to Divert Assistance,” that since the Taliban returned to power, “the U.S. government has continued to be the largest international donor supporting the Afghan people,” and that the Biden “has provided more than $2.8 billion in humanitarian and development assistance to help the people of Afghanistan." 

That $2.8 billion figure accords better with previous reports. Back in Aug. 2022, The Foreign Desk reported that “over the past fiscal year, this totals to over $1 billion to humanitarian, economic, and military assistance aid to Afghanistan.” And the money flow was continuing, as the Biden regime had just “pledged an additional $55 million in aid to Afghanistan.” 

Anthony Blinken and the Biden regime’s other foreign policy wonks would likely insist that this money was not sent to the Taliban, but to other groups that are operating in the country. But this is just as unrealistic and disingenuous as claiming that money sent to Gaza won’t go to Hamas. The aid money that has been sent to Afghanistan is ending up in the hands of the Taliban despite all the denials and claims to the contrary. 

“Now,” said The Foreign Desk in that 2022 report, “humanitarian aid to the Afghan people is lining the pockets of the Taliban at the expense of innocent Afghans and American taxpayers alike.” Nothing has changed since then; if anything, the Taliban have consolidated their power even more than they had by mid-2022. Just as The News notes, “Judicial Watch released an investigation recently showing that the Taliban has created fake NGOs to siphon away tax dollars.”

Your tax dollars are even going to fund education in Afghanistan, even after the Taliban have barred girls from going to school. Judicial Watch reports that the Biden regime “has continued to fund Afghanistan's education sector through six programs that cost $185.2 million even though the Taliban has issued decrees drastically limiting access to education for girls and women as well as restricting women's ability to work and other basic freedoms.” 

In fiscal year 2023 alone, “the U.S. sent Taliban-ruled Afghanistan over $566 million in humanitarian assistance. Most of it was for emergency food, but a chunk was classified as going to general humanitarian and health.” And all this business about how the money is for food or “general humanitarian” needs is a steaming pile of nonsense, anyway. 

Money is fungible. If you give the Taliban $566 million for food and medicine, they’ll have $566 million freed up for jihad violence and the oppression of women. Why this simple fact of basic economics continues to elude the great minds of the Biden regime remains a mystery and a matter of no curiosity at all for our nation’s “journalists.”

Related: The Seeds of Biden’s Betrayal of Israel Were Planted A Long Time Ago

Ominously, “more than $15 million went to a cause that is labeled ‘redacted’ in the government records.” That’s right: we sent the Taliban $15 million for a secret purpose, and you can be assured that it’s not to cover the costs of printing millions of copies of the Bill of Rights. Congressional opposition, such as it is, should be demanding that the regime disclose what that money is going for and whether or not it is being spent in the best interests of the United States.

It's a reasonable line of inquiry. After all, it seems as if the Biden regime never misses an opportunity to aid America's enemies. There used to be a word for that. Started with a T. But everyone has forgotten that word.

Biden regime has sent at least $11,000,000 to the Taliban since its catastrophic 2021 withdrawal of US troops

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SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2024/06/biden-regime-has-sent-at-least-11000000-to-the-taliban-since-its-catastrophic-2021-withdrawal-of-us-troops; republished below in full, unedited, for informational, educational, & research purposes:

It seems as if the Biden regime never misses an opportunity to aid America’s enemies. There used to be a word for that. Started with a T. But everyone has forgotten that word.

“Feds send millions of taxpayer dollars to the Taliban,” by Casey Harper, Center Square, June 6, 2024:

After two decades at war with the Taliban, the U.S. government is now sending millions of taxpayer dollars to the terrorist group.

The Taliban resumed power in Afghanistan immediately after the chaotic and deadly withdrawal of U.S. troops earlier in the Biden administration.

A recently released federal watchdog report shows that the U.S. government has sent at least $11 million to the Taliban since the 2021 withdrawal of U.S. troops. But experts and even the federal watchdog estimate the number is much higher.

“The U.S. government has continued to be the largest international donor supporting the Afghan people since the former Afghan government collapsed and the Taliban returned to power in August 2021,” the federal watchdog, SIGAR, wrote in its report. “Since then, the U.S. government has provided more than $2.8 billion in humanitarian and development assistance to help the people of Afghanistan.”

SIGAR said that the $11 million figure is likely only “a fraction” of taxpayer dollars going to the Taliban.

“SIGAR also found that the $10.9 million paid by 38 U.S. Department of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and U.S. Agency for Global Media implementing partners is likely only a fraction of the total amount of U.S. assistance funds provided to the Taliban in taxes, fees, duties, and utilities because UN agencies receiving U.S. funds did not collect data or provide relevant information about their subawardees’ payments,” the report said….

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