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How Can U.S. Pause Sending $40 Million to Terrorists Per Week

Rep. Tim Burchett Leads The Charge For Blocking Foreign Aid To Terrorists

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By Akerele Christabel

March 1, 2025
3:00 pm
Los Angeles, CA

President Donald Trump’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been the epicenter of raging storm in the American socio-political sector. Rather than being used to provide humanitarian aid and stabilize conflict-ridden regions, USAID funds have been channeled into corrupt, terrorist-affiliated institutions, the most prominent of which are the Taliban and Hamas. In a press conference on Wednesday, 26th February, US lawmakers Tim Burchett and Marjorie Taylor Greene, uncovered the USAID plot that say $40 million funneled to Afghanistan weekly, with the Taliban profiting off the funding. According to Tennessee Republican Representative. Tim Burchett, the weekly $40 million cash transfers follow a process that ultimately benefits the Taliban, starting from flowing cash into Afghanistan via charter jets. “Per week, $40 million in taxpayer money is

In a press conference on Wednesday, 26th February, US lawmakers Tim Burchett and Marjorie Taylor Greene, uncovered the USAID plot that say $40 million funneled to Afghanistan weekly, with the Taliban profiting off the funding.

According to Tennessee Republican Representative. Tim Burchett, the weekly $40 million cash transfers follow a process that ultimately benefits the Taliban, starting from flowing cash into Afghanistan via charter jets.

“Per week, $40 million in taxpayer money is ending up in the hands of the Taliban, and then it’s later being auctioned off. Cash is flown by charter jets into Afghanistan. It’s auctioned off to the Taliban in order to exchange it for Afghan currency. From there, the Taliban will get it to the NGOs, who have to pay taxes on that money,” he said.

Burchett added: “The NGOs have to be approved by the Taliban, and every time the NGOs spend the money, the Taliban take a cut. When the money is exchanged for Afghan currency, the Taliban take a cut. The Taliban also determine who can receive foreign aid. Most of the time, these people are either Taliban or Al Qaeda.”

Burchett, after introducing the No Tax Dollars For Terrorists Act, alleged that the United States government has been sending taxpayers money, money that ends up benefitting terrorist organization in the region.

Another Republican legislator, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, tagged the continued financial assistance a “disgrace” to American taxpayers.

“The American people work hard and pay high taxes, and to see their money go directly into the hands of terrorists is blatant abuse. Not only is cash flown into Afghanistan every week, but NGOs are injecting money into the Afghan economy, and the Taliban are taking a significant share.” she said.

A new multiyear study of USAID by the Middle East Forum identified $164 million in grants to radical organizations, including $122 million to those “aligned with designated terrorists and their supporters.” The MEF also found that “millions of federal dollars have been handed by USAID to organizations directly in Gaza controlled by Hamas, with government officials even visiting Gaza terror proxies’ offices and launching joint programs.

The US has been found to have distributed over $2.1 billion in Gaza since Hamas attacked Israel in October 7, 2023, killing over 1200 people and taking 259 people hostage. In December 2024, the group NGO Monitor alleged that USAID allocated $200 million to “miscellaneous foreign awardees” operating in the West Bank and Gaza. USAID failed to identify the recipients of these funds or local partners.

In response to these allegations, members of Congress now push for the passage of the No Taxpayer Funding For Terrorists Act, aiming to stop US financial aid from flowing into the coffers of the Taliban who control Afghanistan. If passed, the legislation would go through several steps before becoming law.

Burchett added that a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in December of 2024 led the Secretary to admit that around $10 million had been paid to the Taliban in form of taxes.

Burchett also said the bill was “passed unanimously through both the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the House of Representatives. Unfortunately, then-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer refused to bring the bill to the floor for a vote.”

“This legislation has been sat on long enough. We need to move this through both chambers and get it to President Trump’s desk,” said Burchett.

Burchett and Greene were not the first to raise such concerns. John Sopko, the former Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Sopko, who has investigated U.S. spending in Afghanistan, said earlier this year that the Taliban benefits from all aid sent to Afghanistan, including humanitarian assistance.

While the U.S. government and international agencies argue that aid is strictly monitored and does not directly fund the Taliban, critics insist that the regime’s control over the country ensures they profit from every dollar that enters Afghanistan.