KABUL – Afghan Taliban annually earns more than $1.5 billion from drugdealing, illegal mining, collecting electricity bills and financial supportfrom a number of countries, a BBC report has revealed.
The report said that this year Taliban’s financial resources and the moneythey get from these resources have increased against previous years.
According to the report, from 2015 onwards, it was mostly estimated thatTaliban yearly were earning around $400 million.
“This war is a war from outside. Today, you know, that the militants aresupported from many sources such as drugs, drug smugglings, access tocustoms and support from different countries,” said Dadullah Qane, deputyhead of the National United Party of Afghanistan.
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The report says Taliban yearly earns from $100 million to $400 million fromdrugs and taxes; $50 million from mines extractions and $500 million fromIran, Pakistan, Russia and gulf countries which are the biggest supportersof Taliban.
