Russian bounties to Taliban-linked militants resulted in deaths of U.S. troops, according to intelligence assessments

Posted on AllSides June 29th, 2020
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National Security, Donald Trump, US Intelligence, Russian bounties, US Military, Afghanistan

Russian bounties offered to Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan are believed to have resulted in the deaths of several U.S. service members, according to intelligence gleaned from U.S. military interrogations of captured militants in recent months.

Several people familiar with the matter said it was unclear exactly how many Americans or coalition troops from other countries may have been killed or targeted under the program. U.S. forces in Afghanistan suffered a total of 10 deaths from hostile gunfire or improvised bombs in 2018, and 16 in 2019....

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