The #Taliban are megarich – here’s where they get the #money they use to wage #war in #Afghanistan
The Taliban militants of Afghanistan have grown richer and more powerful since their fundamentalist #Islamic #regime was toppled by U.S. forces in 2001.
In the fiscal year that ended in March 2020, the Taliban reportedly brought in US$1.6 billion, according to Mullah #Yaqoob, son of the late Taliban spiritual leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who revealed the Taliban’s income sources in a confidential report commissioned by #NATO
