The dispute over intelligence about bounty payments in Afghanistan is exposing a deep rift in the government over how to handle Russia.
Data on financial transfers bolstered suspicions that Russia offered bounties for killing US troops in Afghanistan
U.S. officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account.
Suspicions of Russian Bounties Were Bolstered by Data on Financial Transfers
Analysts have used other evidence to conclude that the transfers were likely part of an effort to offer payments to Taliban-linked militants to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan.
Pompeo asks Taliban ‘not to attack Americans’ amid reports Russia paid militants to kill US troops in Afghanistan
The secretary of state said Tuesday that he pressed “the Taliban to live up to their commitments,” including “not to attack Americans.” …
US tries to push forward Taliban deal amid bounty reports, Trump’s moves to withdraw from Afghanistan
Amid reports that a Russian paramilitary unit offered the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan, the White House is pushing ahead with its peace process.
Coronavirus, Afghanistan, Carl Reiner: Your Tuesday Evening Briefing
Good evening. Here’s the latest. 1. “I’m very concerned because it could get very bad.” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warned that the U.S. could see 100,000 new …
Mothers of military sons killed in Afghanistan want probe of Russian death bounties
President Donald Trump has denied a report he was briefed on intelligence that a Russian military intelligence unit paid bounties for the killings of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan.
Data on Financial Transfers Bolstered Suspicions That Russia Offered Bounties
Analysts have used other evidence to conclude that the transfers were likely part of an effort to offer payments to Taliban-linked militants to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan.
The Latest: US envoy to Afghanistan not going to Kabul | Raleigh News & Observer
The U.S. State Department says the American peace envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, will not be going to the Afghan capital, Kabul, while in the region on his latest peace mission because of the …
Coronavirus overwhelms hospitals in war-ravaged Afghanistan
Low levels of testing suggest there are “substantially” more Covid-19 cases than the official figures, according to World Health Organization (WHO) representative for Afghanistan, Dr Rik Peeperkorn.