Taliban militants in Afghanistan issued a statement on Wednesday mocking the U.S. shutdown and accusing American politicians of “sucking the blood of their own people.”

The statement from the Islamist militants described how U.S. institutions have been “paralyzed” by the shutdown. American icons like the Statue of Liberty are closed while the federal government is shut down after Congress missed a deadline to pass a budget.

“The American people should realize that their politicians play with their destinies as well as the destinies of other oppressed nations for the sake of their personal vested interests,” the Taliban said in its statement.

The terrorist organization also accused “selfish and empty-minded American leaders” of taking U.S. citizens’ money “earned with great difficulty” and then “lavishly spending the same money in shedding the blood of the innocent and oppressed people.”

Thousands of U.S. workers are at home without pay while they wait for Congress to pass a budget for the 2014 fiscal year.