Defence written question – answered at on 30 March 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the source of Taliban (a) funding and (b) weaponry.
The Taliban primarily obtain funding from within Afghanistan and Pakistan, supplemented to a lesser degree from sources elsewhere. We believe that the Taliban also indirectly benefit from the narcotics trade in Afghanistan. Most Taliban weaponry is sourced from within Afghanistan or comes from or comes through or from sources within Pakistan.
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