Ernst Calls for Accountability on Taxpayer Dollars Going to Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

After the Biden administration green-lighted taxpayer dollars meant to support humanitarian and other expansive forms of aid to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan—such as money to go toward “endangered species research” in the country—U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, is leading 14 of her colleagues in demanding a full accounting of the money the administration is allowing to flow through the Taliban and Haqqani Network.