How The US Funds The Taliban

US MILITARY LOGISTICS

• private trucking companies handle logistics and trucking for the US military

• The contractors pay hundreds of millions of dollars in “protection” money for “safe passage,” to the Taliban and to warlord.

• Payments are made by security companies. Better to pay then fight.

• The US military knew

• The US military estimates in secret that that 10 to 30% of logistics contracts were going to “protection” or “extortion” to warlords and the Taliban

“HOST NATION TRUCKING” CONTRACT

• HANDLES ALL LOGISTICS • $2.2 BILLION FOR

TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY.6 to 8 companies split all that work.-Companies are paid $300-360 million for

trucking-10% -30% goes to Taliban through

security companies.

Ahmad Rateb Popal- Interpreter for Taliban in 2001

US prison 1987-1997

Ahmad Rateb PopalChairman- WATAN GROUP

Watan Risk- Security company

• The most important security firm in Afghanistan

• Escorts all logistics transport from Kabul to Kandahar

• The only way to keep safe

• Hires a brutal warlord

Each logistics route has its own warlord.

• The key warlord from Kabul through Kandahar.

• Commander Ruhullah..

• Works for WATAN

The Proof- from anecdotes to a story.

• “Freedom of Information” laws about US contract-

• court records• Afghans ALL knew this-• American businessmen• American contractors in secret wanted the

story out.One businessman went on the record

• Military confirmed they knew about it.

OTHER CONTRACTORS

• MILT BEARDEN- FORMER CIA OFFICER WHO OVERSAW FIGHT AGAINST THE SOVIETS

• HAMED WARDAK- SON OF AFGHANISTAN DEFENSE MINISTER

10% to 30% goes to insurgents/Taliban/warlords for protection

= $220 million to $660 million to insurgents/T

IMPACT

• congressional investigation

• Ongoing criminal investigation

• Commander Ruhullah claims he is retiring.