After the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 the Taliban seized control of the country. In response the International Monetary Fund and major international donors to the country blocked the Taliban’s access to billions of dollars in charitable bank accounts. More than half of Afghanistan’s annual $5 billion budget is from foreign aid. Despite its puritanical brand of Islam, the Taliban controls the world’s largest opium operation, earning about $460 million a year from taxes on the sale of heroin moving through their territories alone, the U.N. says.…
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Response rates from 307 New Jersey voters.
11% Yes |
89% No |
11% Yes |
89% No |
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Unique answers from New Jersey voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@Scoopeso 1yr1Y
I agree with the final statement. That the Taliban Government shouldn't be recognized by foreign governments. Not exactly ignoring what they do but not supporting them in a way that forces them come to the table, with a plate in hand.
@974X2Z72yrs2Y
They should, but they should make sure somehow that the financial aid is going towards humanitarian aid rather than the oppression of people and the financing of the Taliban's military.
@8Z7F73C3yrs3Y
Yes if they promise to protect women’s rights.
@8YX87QP3yrs3Y
Not unless they promise to give equal rights to all.
@8Z6KQX53yrs3Y
No, Afghanistan is a Sunni nationalist state with a brutality a Terrian government and has some of the most terroristic organizations in the world, we should not allow the supplementation of such evil.
@8Z6FMKB3yrs3Y
Yes, they are the legitimate government.
@7L8WQDL3yrs3Y
No, but we should do a airlift of food, water, and medical supplies to citizens trapped in Afghanistan
@8YWDHRY3yrs3Y
No. but we are responsible for the inception of the Taliban and as a government we must learn to work with this "Frankenstein's monster"
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