Foreign donations: The Taliban receive financial aid from certain countries, such as Pakistan, Iran and Russia, as well as private citizens from Pakistan and several Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar¹²⁴. This may account for a significant proportion of their revenue, possibly up to $500 million a year¹.
Drug trade: Afghanistan is the world’s largest producer of opium, which can be refined to make heroin. The Taliban tax every stage of the drug production and smuggling process, from poppy farmers to traders¹²³. This is one of their main income sources, generating between $100 million and $400 million a year¹.
Mining and trading minerals: The Taliban exploit the rich mineral resources of Afghanistan, such as copper, gold, iron, coal and gemstones. They extract and sell these minerals to local and foreign buyers, often through illegal channels¹²⁵. This may bring them another $100 million to $400 million a year¹.
Taxation and extortion: The Taliban impose various taxes on the people and businesses in the areas they control, such as a 10% cultivation tax on opium farmers, a 2.5% wealth tax (zakat), and a 10% tax on harvests (ushr)¹²⁵. They also extort money from development and infrastructure projects, as well as from transport and telecommunication companies¹²⁵. This could add another $300 million to $500 million a year to their coffers¹…
Source: Conversation with Bing, 12/26/202 3 (1) Afghanistan: How do the Taliban make money? - BBC.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-46554097.
(2) Who funds the Taliban? Where the Afghanistan militants’ funding comes …
(3) Taliban - Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban.
(4) Who are the Taliban funded by? Inside its £1 billion fortune.
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1477515/Taliban-funding-income-arms-Afghanistan-latest-evg.
(5) How is the Taliban funded: Where do the militant group get money and …
https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/south-asia/taliban-where-weapons-money-funds-b1911655.html.
(6) en.wikipedia.org.
Samsung went straight from S10 to S20.
Also, the people that stay for a few hours or a single night tend to be more reckless and less mindful of local laws and etiquette.
I think the MLRS ammo detonated simultaneously
It’s from 2011
I’ll be honest, linking to Telegram is confusing to me.
They probably didn’t have enough time to setup.
Support too.
Do you have $200,000 burning a hole in your pocket?
Updated title. Thank you for the correction.
Do you think Ukraine wanted to be invaded?
D) All of the above.
The mouthpieces of Russia.*
It’s a contrasting argument. I didn’t say they’re wrong. That’s a counterpoint.
Russia has said repeatedly on state television that they wouldn’t stop with Ukraine.
Never forget the sacrifices Ukranians make to protect Ukraine and the rest of Europe.
Counterpoint, Ukranians are donating their blood.
Translated from source:
Oleg Tsokov, Major General of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, was killed as a result of an APU strike near Berdyansk
This was told by the adviser to the mayor of Mariupol Petr Andryushchenko. “It is reported that today in the Berdyansk region, the Russian Lieutenant General Oleg Yuryevich Tsokov was liquidated. In September 2022, he was already three hundred, but he survived. Now they say that the grave has been finally completed,” he wrote.
At the end of September 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Tsokov was wounded in the Svatovo region of the Lugansk region as a result of a fire attack.
Oleg Tsokov since August 2022 was the commander of the 144th motorized rifle division of the 20th combined arms army of the Russian Federation. He received the rank of lieutenant general in 2023. In addition to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he took part in two Chechen wars and the war in Syria.
I don’t trust Newsweek articles.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen