U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, right, talks with soldiers and Marines stationed at International Security Assistance Force Headquarters and Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 20, 2013. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen
Congress May Cut Aid If Karzai Taxes Afghan Exit -- Fiscal Times
Two prominent senators are threatening severe cuts of federal aid to Afghanistan if the Afghan government continues to impose exit taxes on U.S. military equipment shipped home.
On Tuesday a Senate appropriations subcommittee passed the Senate’s 2014 foreign operations bill with an amendment that withholds $5 in foreign aid to Afghanistan for every $1 in fees imposed on the United States, the Associated Press reported.
U.S. forces have begun to wind down their presence in Afghanistan, drawing to a close a military intervention that began after intelligence revealed the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were plotted inside that country. The prolonged engagement dislodged the conservative Taliban government, but the resulting leadership of Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been contentious.
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More News On Afghanistan
Afghan army launch major military offensive in Eastern Afghanistan -- Khaama Press
Taliban Abducts Afghan Policemen After Drugging Them -- Radio Free Europe
US drones to patrol Pak-Afghan border post-Kabul troop withdrawl: Report -- Business Standard
CIA closing bases in Afghanistan as it shifts focus amid military drawdown -- Washington Post
US intelligence closing bases in Afghanistan -- The Nation
Watchdog critical of State Department contracting in Afghanistan -- CNN
IG: Problems in US justice program in Afghanistan -- Boston.com/AP
Senators threaten to hold back Afghan aid over customs fines -- Washington Post
Leaving zero troops in Afghanistan? It's a serious option, Pentagon says. -- Anna Mulrine, Christian Science Monitor
War and the Afghan Shepherd -- Ward Carroll, Huffington Post
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