White House Hasn't Ruled Out Economic Aid for Taliban: 'Will be About the Taliban's Actions'

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Source: Mediaite

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Tuesday the Biden administration was open to sending American aid to the Taliban. “You say we’re going to work with the Taliban,” ABC News’ George Stephanopolous asked Sullivan in a morning interview. “Does that include the prospect of giving them aid?”

Sullivan said the administration intended to continue humanitarian assistance in the form of food and medical aid, and that it was considering its “economic and development assistance relationship with the Taliban.”

“That will be about the Taliban’s actions,” Sullivan said. “It will be about whether they follow through on their commitments, their commitments to safe passage for Americans and Afghan allies, their commitment to not allow Afghanistan to be a base from which terrorists can attack the United States or any other country, their commitments with respect to upholding the entrance international obligations. It’s going to be up to them. And we will wait and see by their actions how we end up responding in terms of the economic and development assistance.”

He also assured the humanitarian portion of aid funds would flow through international institutions — naming the World Health Organization as an example — and non-governmental organizations. “It will not flow through the government,” Sullivan said.

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[Texaswitchy]

1. Rights for women and girls.

For starters.

[lamp_shade]

2. This

[Texaswitchy]

3. No more 9th century.

Joe knows.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

4. +1000

otherwise

[VarryOn]

5. It sounds like the first day, they started on women and girls...

Severe restrictions on education, many jobs prohibited for women, sexual slavery, burka, can't leave home without male relative, etc. Oppressive.

[Texaswitchy]

6. Yes.

The men want to live in the 9th century, they can do it without outside money.

[VarryOn]

7. I feel most sorry for those young women who never had to experience the Taliban...

all the sudden being given a laundry list of all the things they can no longer do. Now, their sole purposes are to pleasure their husband, make babies and cook.

I don't buy for one second the Taliban has moderated. It's very telling that first thing out the gate, they oppress their women and girls.

[Steelrolled]

12. Why would the Taliban give in on that?

Is the world going to let people starve? The Taliban have proven they have patience, and aren't bothered by a little suffering among their people. It's not complicated.

[Strelnikov_]

8. Good

That's the way 'Red China' is doing it. The well placed suitcase full of cash opens a lot of doors, without the overhead and bad blood military action always seems to carry.

Cut a deal deal. Maybe they are Republicans.

[C Moon]

9. That's a smart move, I think. Putin's probably doing the same.

[Marcuse]

10. If you can't beat them, then bribe them.

[PoliticAverse]

11. "Democrats funding the Taliban" - that the way to win 2022 elections (not). n/t

[Steelrolled]

13. I think Joe realizes this.

I think he will allow a small amount of assistance via international organizations, where we take a minor role.

[PoliticAverse]

14. Hard to fault aid to "humanitarian organizations" some of which ends up benefiting the Taliban...

Hard to defend direct payments to the Taliban.