Talking to Al Jazeera TV, Taliban spokesman Mohammad Naeem said that the Taliban did not want to live in isolation and the group respected women's and minorities' rights within Sharia law. "We ask all countries and entities to sit with us to settle any issues", he said in an interview with Al Jazeera TV. ISIS was on top of the table with a turnover then of USD 2 billion and Taliban occupied the fifth spot with annual turnover of USD 400 million. A NATO report accessed by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty showed that the annual budget of the Taliban in 2019-20 had been USD 1.6 Billion. )Real Estate: $80 millionIt was mentioned in the NATO report that the Taliban leadership was focused on becoming self-sufficient in order to become an independent political and military entity.

Source: dna August 16, 2021 03:56 UTC