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How The US Funds The Taliban
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US MILITARY LOGISTICS
• private trucking companies handle logistics and trucking for the US military
• The contractors pay hundreds of millions of dollars in “protection” money for “safe passage,” to the Taliban and to warlord.
• Payments are made by security companies. Better to pay then fight.
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• The US military knew
• The US military estimates in secret that that 10 to 30% of logistics contracts were going to “protection” or “extortion” to warlords and the Taliban
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“HOST NATION TRUCKING” CONTRACT
• HANDLES ALL LOGISTICS • $2.2 BILLION FOR
TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY.6 to 8 companies split all that work.-Companies are paid $300-360 million for
trucking-10% -30% goes to Taliban through
security companies.
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Ahmad Rateb Popal- Interpreter for Taliban in 2001
US prison 1987-1997
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Ahmad Rateb PopalChairman- WATAN GROUP
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Watan Risk- Security company
• The most important security firm in Afghanistan
• Escorts all logistics transport from Kabul to Kandahar
• The only way to keep safe
• Hires a brutal warlord
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Each logistics route has its own warlord.
• The key warlord from Kabul through Kandahar.
• Commander Ruhullah..
• Works for WATAN
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The Proof- from anecdotes to a story.
• “Freedom of Information” laws about US contract-
• court records• Afghans ALL knew this-• American businessmen• American contractors in secret wanted the
story out.One businessman went on the record
• Military confirmed they knew about it.
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OTHER CONTRACTORS
• MILT BEARDEN- FORMER CIA OFFICER WHO OVERSAW FIGHT AGAINST THE SOVIETS
• HAMED WARDAK- SON OF AFGHANISTAN DEFENSE MINISTER
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10% to 30% goes to insurgents/Taliban/warlords for protection
= $220 million to $660 million to insurgents/T
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IMPACT
• congressional investigation
• Ongoing criminal investigation
• Commander Ruhullah claims he is retiring.