The (IEA) has strongly rejected claims by Donald Trump that the ruling government is receiving “billions of dollars” from the United States.
Hamdullah Fitrat, the IEA’s deputy spokesman said: “The claims of billions and millions of dollars of aid to the Islamic Emirate from the US side are completely false and we strongly reject them.”
This comes after Trump said at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday that the US pays “billions of dollars essentially to the Taliban (IEA), Afghanistan.”
Trump implied that outgoing President Joe Biden’s decisions had inflicted severe economic damage on the United States, estimating that losses totalled up to $60 trillion.
Fitrat meanwhile said America has not paid a single dollar to the Islamic Emirate, but has seized and frozen billions of dollars from the people of Afghanistan.
The Islamic Emirate does not expect any help from America and has never asked for it, Fitrat said.
According to the IEA the money mentioned by Trump was to cover US expenses, including the withdrawal of troops and mass evacuation and resettlement process.
“Perhaps some of it has been spent by international organizations in the name of humanitarian aid,” Fitrat added.
“If analyzed carefully, America has spent all this money to achieve its goals in the name of Afghanistan, and is trying to spread propaganda against the Islamic Emirate,” said Fitrat.
