Washington/Kabul, Jan. 30 -- The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved legislation aimed at cutting off US assistance to Afghanistan while the country remains under Taliban rule, marking a renewed push by Republicans to curb foreign aid, which as per them is being used to aid militant/terror groups in the country.
According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Washington has provided more than $3.83 billion in humanitarian and development assistance to Afghanistan since the Taliban returned to power in August 2021, while claiming that the Taliban uses all monetary assets for partaking in terror activities.
Republican Senator Rand Paul, a leading backer of the bill, said the measure would redirect o...