Report Says Taliban Promises Land to Relatives of Suicide Bombers Who Attacked U.S. Soldiers

The Taliban, whom the Biden administration has praised as being “businesslike and professional,” have reportedly promised to give plots of land to the relatives of suicide bombers who attacked U.S. soldiers.

“Addressing the gathering Monday evening, [Sirajuddin Haqqani] praised the sacrifices of ‘martyrs and fedayeen,’ referring to fighters killed in suicide attacks,” The Associated Press reported. “Haqqani called them ‘heroes of Islam and the country,’ according to [Interior Ministry spokesman Saeed Khosty]. At the end of the meeting, he distributed 10,000 afghanis ($112) per family and promised each a plot of land.”

The Biden administration reportedly agreed last week to provide humanitarian aid to Afghanistan as conditions in the country worsen under Taliban rule.

“The U.S. has agreed to provide humanitarian aid to a desperately poor Afghanistan on the brink of an economic disaster, while refusing to give political recognition to the country’s new Taliban rulers,” a separate AP report stated. “The statement came at the end of the first direct talks between the former foes since the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end of August.”