As US freezes funds, a harsh winter awaits cash-strapped Afghans (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

October 29, 2021

In its latest report to the United States Congress, the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) has detailed Washington’s decision to cut off the Taliban government’s access to billions in funds and assets that has led to devastation across the cash-strapped nation.

The top watchdog report says that over the 20-year US occupation, Washington spent $146bn in Afghanistan’s reconstruction, including $89bn on training and supporting the country’s National Security Forces “which no longer exists”.

As US freezes funds, a harsh winter awaits cash-strapped Afghans | Humanitarian Crises News | Al Jazeera

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

As US freezes funds, a harsh winter awaits cash-strapped Afghans (Ali M Latifi, Al Jazeera)

Taxing the world’s most generous givers (Heather Wrathall – The Interpreter)

An AUKUS ultimatum for Australia over Taiwan risks backfiring on Washington (Andrew O’Neil – The Interpreter)

AUKUS: Building confidence in Australia’s submarine pathway (Jennifer Parker – The Interpreter)

Criticism of the ‘Reverse Kissinger’ (Oleksandr V Danylyuk – RUSI)

Turkey Navigates an Escalating Israel–Iran Rivalry (Burcu Ozcelik – RUSI)

Can Malaysia nudge ASEAN beyond non- interference to tackle the scam crisis in Myanmar? (Liu Weiyi, Asha Hemrajani – The Interpreter)

Nuclear waste to nuclear reactor: The case of Russia in Kazakhstan (Ayushi Saini – The Interpreter)

Cost of Defence’s roadmap for spending 3 percent of GDP on defence (Marc Ablong – The Strategist)

In the fight against drugs, Australia should follow the money (John Coyne – The Strategist)