A | KABUL, Afghanistan -- The watchdog for U.S. assistance to Afghanistan has warned that the Taliban are benefiting from international aid through the establishment of fraudulent nongovernmental organizations.The Taliban have exerted greater control over national and international NGOs since seizing power in August 2021. They have barred Afghan women from NGO work and sought to push out foreign organizations from the education sector.A report from the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, or SIGAR, said it found that the Taliban benefit from American-funded education programming through the generation of tax revenues and from more “nefarious” methods like the establishment of fraudulent NGOs and extorting and infiltrating existing NGOs to obtain or direct international donor aid. In May, a SIGAR report highlighted the Taliban’s interference with NGO work in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Economy, which supervises the sector, rejected the claims. Ministry spokesman Abdul Rahman Habib, responding to the latest SIGAR report on Monday, said there was no evidence of interference.According to the report, published this month, the U.S. has spent around $185 million on education in Afghanistan since August 2021.An NGO official told SIGAR that the Taliban target and extort Afghans who receive monetary support from American-funded education programs under the guise of taxation. In another example, NGO officials told the watchdog that the Taliban coerced NGOs into hiring supporters or purchasing goods from Taliban-owned companies.Taliban policies and priorities have reduced the overall quality of education, with a drop in the number of teachers and a decrease in teacher quality, as unqualified community members or Taliban officials replace staff, SIGAR said."We found that the Taliban have been unable to fully fund public school teacher salaries and building maintenance costs, leading to further teacher shortages and the deterioration of school buildings."The redirection of international donor aid to community-based education schools, along with financial and infrastructure challenges facing the Taliban, raised serious questions about how the Taliban could sustain the education sector and if they had any intention of doing so, the report said.An Education Ministry spokesman, Qari Mansor Ahmad Hamza, called the SIGAR report baseless and said the quality of teaching and school facilities in Afghanistan is better than before.“At present, the projects and financial assistance of international aid agencies are under the strong supervision of the top leadership of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,” Hamza said, employing the term the Taliban use to describe their administration. The leadership promises to “invest this aid” and share reports with the country, the spokesman added.。
B | Two people narrowly survived as their plane veered out of control and burst into flames following a barely-controlled descent onto a Southern California freeway on Tuesday, video shows.,I-91 Crash Landing: Dramatic video obtained by KTLA shows the single-engine Piper Cherokee dropping from the sky, hitting the freeway, and then leaving a trail of burning fuel as it slides toward the sound barrier. Full Video Here: https://t.co/XBQF4QxzsX pic.twitter.com/G90KX5dnN0— KTLA (@KTLA) August 10, 2022,No injuries were reported when the single-engine Piper Cherokee PA-32 tumbled from the sky around midday and bounced across the pavement on Freeway 91 in Corona before hitting a retaining wall and catching fire. Local media notes that a vehicle was struck by the plane in the mayhem, but that the only damage consisted of a broken taillight.,Reportedly, fire crews which raced to the scene were onsite within five minutes and managed to put out the blaze within the hour. Footage posted by the Corona Fire Department shows thick plumes of smoke coming from the wreckage until the team is able to extinguish it with firefighting foam.,On-scene footage from Corona Engine 3 as they arrived on scene to the plane crash on the 91 Eastbound in Corona. #PlaneCrash #91freeway #Corona #CoronaFire pic.twitter.com/a0DwwV4aOB— Corona Fire Dept #CoronaFire (@CoronaFireDept) August 9, 2022,Per the Federal Aviation Administration, the plane was “flying to Corona Municipal Airport” when “the pilot reported an engine issue.” Apparently unable to maintain the necessary altitude, they say the occupants elected instead to attempt an emergency landing on the freeway. Much to the relief of his fellow California motorists, the pilot managed to pull it off.。
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