Re: IK upset over killing of Mehsud: Wants NATO supplies blocked
It was more than that. Taliban government was happy to receive this aid for 28 million population at that time.
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2000-2001: US gives Taliban-ruled Afghanistan $245 million in “aid.”
As the State Department reported on October 15, 2001:
**"The United States has been the single largest donor of humanitarian aid for Afghans for the past several years. In 2000, the United States contributed a total of $113 million in humanitarian aid to Afghans, both inside Afghanistan and in refugee camps in neighboring countries. In 2001, the aid level has already exceeded $184, accounting for some 300,000 tons of American food sent to Afghanistan this year."
That’s almost $300 million in two years with the stated aim of feeding the starving Afghani people.**