Pompeo Calls Taliban Leader Amid Russian Bounty Scandal
Posted on AllSides June 30th, 2020
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called and spoken with the Taliban’s chief negotiator, a spokesman for the insurgents said Tuesday, amid a raging controversy in Washington over when President Donald Trump was told about U.S. intelligence that Russia was paying the Taliban to kill U.S. and NATO soldiers in Afghanistan.
However, it was not known whether there was any mention during the call of allegations that some Taliban militants received money to kill U.S. and NATO soldiers in Afghanistan.
Pompeo and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar held a video...
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