Bounties Are Part of Moscow’s Aid to the Taliban, Current and Former Intel Officials Say

First, IGNORE all the unconfirmed sources about bounties on US military personnel. Second, take a look at this headline and the article from the same historical perspective I did. Forty-plus years ago, the US was aiding the Mujaheddin against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan. With some skepticism, in general the Mujaheddin became the Taliban that controlled Afghanistan. Today, we're talking about Russia aiding the Taliban against what they would argue US occupation with a puppet government in Afghanistan. i know, the historical irony. Who said the Cold War was over? Not for Putin it isn't. History is important and in this case we can assume some limited historical applications are being made by one side.