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Dem Senators Urge Unspent Afghan Forces Funds Be Used For Relocation Aid, Not Defense Spending

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021

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Dem Senators Urge Unspent Afghan Forces Funds Be Used For Relocation Aid, Not Defense Spending

U.S. Marines with the Evacuation Control Center help Afghan evacuees as they board a plane at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, Sept. 1, 2021. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Jia)

A group of Democratic senators are urging that more than $6 billion in unspent funds for U.S. support to the Afghan security forces be reallocated for humanitarian purposes rather than back into the defense budget. Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) led a letter sent Tuesday to President Biden specifically requesting that nearly $3 billion in unspent FY ‘20 and ‘21 funds and another $3.3 billion included in the administration’s FY ‘22 budget request be rededicated “to meet the vast humanitarian and…

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