* National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Tuesday that the US could send economic aid to the Taliban
* Taliban 'victory' parades took place in Afghanistan today after the last US troops left the country overnight
* Coffins draped in the US, UK, French and NATO flags were paraded through the streets by the Islamists
* Thousands of people waving Taliban flags turned out to watch, after fireworks were let off in Kabul overnight
* Meanwhile Taliban leaders paraded at Kabul airport alongside troops decked out head to toe in western gear
* Taliban commander boasted the airfield will now be 'a base for jihad for all Muslims'
* Up to 200 American citizens who want to leave were left behind along with thousands of Afghans
* US national security advisor says evacuation 'has shifted from a military mission to a diplomatic mission'
The Biden administration is considering sending economic aid to the Taliban, even as the militants hold mock funerals for American troops and NATO allies to celebrate the end of the 20-year US military intervention in Afghanistan.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told ABC's Good Morning America that the US intends to continue sending health, food and other forms of humanitarian aid to the Afghan people.
He also said that other forms of cash aid, including economic and developmental assistance, would depend on whether the Taliban 'follow through on their commitments' including to allow safe passage for Americans still in Afghanistan.
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Update: U.S. wants aid to Afghanistan to continue despite sanctions on Taliban (Reuters).
WNU Editor: Unbelievable. And so much for all that talk only two weeks ago of imposing comprehensive sanctions on Afghanistan. And all of this talk of aid is happening while US allies are being hunted down and executed .... Taliban are on the trail of revenge: Jihadis start hunt for translators as soon as Western troops exit Afghanistan (Daily Mail).
And did anyone notice this line from the above Daily Mail post ....
.... Taliban commander boasted the airfield will now be 'a base for jihad for all Muslims'.
