Funds for the Taliban

Dawn | Jul. 30, 2009 (Editorial)

US special envoy Richard Holbrooke’s statement in Brussels that the Taliban receive more money from their sympathisers in the Gulf countries than they obtain from the illegal narcotics trade in Afghanistan deserves to be taken note of. As we wrote in in our issue of June 29, 'misguided concepts of philanthropy' contribute in no small measure to the Taliban’s coffers. Full Story »

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by Jane C Wylen - Jul. 30, 2009

This is good journalism because it provides the reader with little-known but useful information. It expands on the remark by US Envoy Richard Holbrook that the Taliban get more money from people in the Gulf countries than from the illegal narcotics trade by describing how difficult this would be and reminding us that finding the sources of the Talliban's sophisticated arms is just as important.

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