How the Taliban is funded: Where the militant group gets money and weapons

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : Mining has also been a prime source of income for the group.
52% : Official figures showed that more than £1.46 billion in trade passed through the three Afghan border crossings with Iran last year.
44% : They relied on various fundraising sources, such as drug trafficking and other criminal activities, extortion and taxes, charitable donations and foreign assistance.
37% : Last year, a classified Nato report published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty cited a senior Taliban figure, Mullah Yaqoob, as estimating the group took around £117 million in taxes.
35% : The US and its allies have long accused specific countries, such as Pakistan, Iran and Russia, of funding and arming the radical group and providing a safe haven for Taliban leaders.

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