Posted on Jun 30, 2020
What's going on between Russia, US and Afghanistan?
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What are we to make of the reports that have surfaced in the past few days that Russian military intelligence agents were offering money to Taliban fighters to kill US and possibly other Western service personnel? How true are these reports? Can they be substantiated? And what is their real significance?
For a start, we have a triple denial from all of the main parties involved. The Russian government has dismissed the story out of hand. So too have the Taliban.
And US President Donald Trump has vehemently denied any knowledge of the matter - with White House sources telling the US press that the subject never reached as high as the president or vice-president because there was no consensus in the intelligence community about the veracity of the reports.
For a start, we have a triple denial from all of the main parties involved. The Russian government has dismissed the story out of hand. So too have the Taliban.
And US President Donald Trump has vehemently denied any knowledge of the matter - with White House sources telling the US press that the subject never reached as high as the president or vice-president because there was no consensus in the intelligence community about the veracity of the reports.
What's going on between Russia, US and Afghanistan?
Posted from bbc.com
Afghanistan
Russia
Taliban
Intelligence
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Russia is led by a Cold War military intelligence figure so it makes sense the strategy, behavior, activities we’ve seen are reminiscent of Soviet ideology.
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This is nothing new...Russia and other countries have put bounties on the heads of US servicemen all over the globe...not right but it certainly isn't a new tactic.
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