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Afghanistan Aid: Where Did the $21B Go | Salt Lake City News
Twenty-one billion dollars? That’s the number floating around as U.S. spending in Afghanistan since 2021 — but new research reveals it’s misleading. Only about three billion actually reached Afghan civilians for humanitarian aid. The rest? Mostly spent here at home: resettling evacuees ($8.7 billion) and logistical operations ($5 billion). With murky funding trails through UN and nonprofit channels, and no independent oversight from SIGAR anymore, tracking where taxpayer dollars went — especially the $11 million confirmed to Taliban-linked entities (possibly more) — remains a black box…
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