The DOHA deal, officially known as the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan, was a peace agreement signed by the United States and the Taliban on February 29, 2020, in Doha, Qatar. The primary objective of this agreement was to bring an end to 2001-2021 war in Afghanistan.
Under the terms of the deal, the United States committed to a phased withdrawal of all its troops from Afghanistan within 14 months of signing the accord. In return, the Taliban pledged to prevent any terrorist groups from operating in areas under its control. The agreement also included provisions for the release of prisoners and the initiation of intra-Afghan peace negotiations. The idea that there are good and bad Taliban. From a Taliban perspective this was a way to bring the Taliban mainstream, to bring them into politics, and what they got was the opposite. Founder of the Taliban's brother in law was released from prison to negotiate this DOHA deal, Zalmay Khalizad.
When this evacuation was happening, 7 billion dollars of the Taliban's money was in the federal reserve bank in NYC. After the evacuations Biden cut the money in two and sent 3.5 billion dollars to Switzerland, which has accumulated 200 million dollars in interest because it has been sitting in the Federal Reserve for 2 years. President Biden said the reason he sent half of the money to Switzerland was because the survivors and families of 9/11, their lawyers wanted a portion of this money, because now that the Taliban were in power, and it is known that the Taliban played a role in 9/11. Hence the lawyers of the surviving families could sue the Taliban now. This is very interesting to look at now because we now know the Biden administration is trying to free the 9/11 terrorist masterminds in a plea deal which happened only last week! The money being in American federal reserve meant the money was safe and could not go to funding terrorism; sending the money into the Switz bank account does not guarantee the same. The money in Switzerland is in a bank account named Afghanistan trust fund. The purpose of the trust is to make sure the money goes to the people of Afghanistan and not the Taliban.
President Biden assigned an individual from the State Department Wally Adeyemo, an individual from the Switzerland government Scott Miller, and two Afghan American’s to oversee the Taliban funds in this account. Anwar-ul-Haq Ahmadi (one of the Afghan American's) is a member of the Taliban supreme council at the Central Bank and has prior served in the Taliban.
The U.S. government has been providing humanitarian aid to Afghanistan through international independent aid groups, such as the United Nations’ World Food Program, World Health Organization, and International Organization for Migration, rather than directly funding the Taliban.
However, there have been concerns raised about the potential indirect flow of U.S. funds to the Taliban through these aid programs. The Taliban has been reported to interfere with the work of local NGOs and United Nations aid agencies on the ground, potentially diverting aid intended for the Afghan people.
In addition, there have been reports of the United Nations delivering more than $2.9 billion in cash to Afghanistan since the Taliban seized control, resulting in the flow of U.S. funds to the extremist group. The State Department has stated that they will continue to monitor assistance programs and seek to mitigate the risk that U.S. assistance could indirectly benefit the Taliban or could be diverted to unintended recipients.
It's worth noting that there have been allegations and reports suggesting that the Biden administration has provided funds to the Taliban, such as the claim that the Taliban "erroneously" received $239 million from the Biden regime in counterterrorism funds. However, these claims have not been substantiated, and the U.S. government has denied providing direct funding to the Taliban.
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