US spends almost $21 billion on Afghanistan aid, refugees in past three years

The United States Office of the Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) announced in a report this week the US has spent $20.7 billion on aid to Afghanistan and Afghan refugees since August 2021.

This report, which was published a few days ago, says that these donations included $2,9 billion on humanitarian aid to Afghanistan.

Also, $3.5 billion dollars was transferred to the Afghanistan Fund in Switzerland in this time.

At the same time, $8.7 billion had been allocated to support the process of evacuation and resettlement of Afghan refugees.

The report states that of this amount, $5.36 billion was spent by the US Department of Defense to deal with the humanitarian situation, $3 billion by the Department of Health, and $284 million by the Homeland Security Department.

SIGAR has in the past said the US failed to effectively monitor aid organizations in Afghanistan in accordance with domestic policies. SIGAR warned that this would lead to more extremist groups profiting from US financial aid in Afghanistan.

But the Islamic Emirate rejects any abuse of aid from the international community, including that provided by the United States.

The Ministry of Economy has also rejected the claims of misuse of humanitarian aid and says that aid is provided to deserving and needy people in a transparent manner and with complete trust.

The United States remains the largest donor to Afghanistan.