Ex-Afghan VP Alleges US To Send $90 Million More To Taliban
Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan’s former vice president, has claimed the United States paid the Taliban $45 million in cash on January 13 and has pledged to provide a further $90 million later this month.
Writing on X on Tuesday, January 27, Saleh said the Taliban had not yet fully spent the previous tranche of funds. He criticised what he described as US policy, saying the administration of President Donald Trump was imposing tariffs on Canada while “generously sponsoring the Taliban”.
Saleh suggested the Taliban were acting as a US proxy force in Afghanistan, writing: “Don’t you think something is being architected in which the Taliban, as an ugly proxy, has a job to do?”
In mid-January 2026, the US State Department confirmed to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction that it was sending $80 million in cash to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan every 10 to 14 days.
Amid growing criticism over cash transfers to Afghanistan under Taliban rule, Washington has stopped publicly disclosing the delivery of $40 million cash shipments after May 2023.
