US Envoy - Most Taliban Funds Come From Overseas - NYTimes.com

BRUSSELS (AP) -- ''More money is coming from the Gulf than is coming from the drug trade to the Taliban,'' Holbrooke told journalists at NATO headquarters in Brussels. He didn't identify the countries where the sympathizers were donating from, but nations located on the Persian Gulf include Iran, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Iraq.
US Envoy - Most Taliban Funds Come From Overseas - NYTimes.com

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