Judicial Watch found that the State Department failed to vet at least 29 grants awarded to various Afghan entities, violating its own counterterrorism partner vetting protocols. The Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) failed to properly screen and document grant recipients. The State Department acknowledged non-compliance with document retention requirements, attributing the lapse to employee turnover and the dissolution of the Afghanistan-Pakistan office. -- An investigation by Judicial Watch has uncovered that the Biden-Harris administration mistakenly funneled $239 million in U.S. aid to the Taliban. According to the watchdog group, the State Department did not comply with its own counterterrorism vetting requirements before awarding at least 29 grants to local Afghan entities. -- https://mxmnews.com/article/451e6fec-ebe4-4d12-a43f-28f288f2e39e
