Many weeks, the total is actually closer to $87 million and we’ve sent the Taliban over $4 billion in the last 4 years, it’s insanity we fund the enemy. Now, two steps actually need to be taken here. First, @realDonaldTrump could easily eliminate the $47 million portion by simply ending the Doha Deal, which is the counterterrorism funding sent to the Taliban to fake “fight” the Islamic State. ISKP has more than doubled in size in just the last year. Then the Senate needs to do its job and pass H.R. 260 / Senate companion S.226 to end the additional $40 million per week in humanitarian funds. We still will have to hold State Department’s feet to the fire after it’s passed, but it’s at least a step in the right direction. And those aren’t even the only streams of U.S. taxpayer dollars reaching the Taliban, they’re just the two largest and most immediate ones we can impact. If Americans push those in power to act, we can stop funding a huge piece of international terrorism. Remember a huge chunk of this money gets diverted to both Al-Qaeda and ISKP (I know, the irony) and we also pay a martyrs fund with these funds which goes to the families of Taliban members who died while attacking U.S. troops. It’s shameful!