Jim Risch, a Republican US senator, said the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will review legislation later this month to prevent US taxpayer money from reaching terrorist groups, stressing that no American funds should go to the Taliban.
“We must do all we can to ensure no US money is going to the Taliban,” Risch said in a post on X.
He said the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take up the issue at its first working session of 2026, scheduled for January 29.
Risch, a senior conservative figure in the US Senate, plays a prominent role on the foreign relations committee.
Concerns about US funds reaching the Taliban have been raised repeatedly by lawmakers. In 2024, Tim Burchett, a member of the US House of Representatives, said in a formal memo that allowing even a single cent of US taxpayer money to reach the Taliban or other terrorist groups would be unacceptable.
