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Trump White House officials were first informed in early 2019 of intelligence reports regarding a Russian bounty program. [1] [2]Reports from Afghanistan-based U.S. Special Operations forces and intelligence officers that militants had been paid bounties in 2019 for their targeting of U.S. military personnel were raised in 2019 and 2020.
In 2020, a CIA assessment reported that Unit 29155 operated a Russian bounty program that offered cash rewards to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. and other coalition soldiers in Afghanistan. [22] [23] The assessment said several US military personnel died as a result of a bounty program. [24]
U.S. intelligence reports suggesting Russia offered bounty payments to the Taliban to kill American troops have sparked outrage in Washington and questions about how the White House handled the ...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday dismissed as “Fake News” allegations that Russia offered bounties for killing American troops in Afghanistan.
President Trump said he never questioned Vladimir Putin about U.S. intelligence reports that Moscow paid the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan fighting season; ... Recognition of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan; Russian bounty program; S. ... 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
A Taliban ambassador on Monday warned the new U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio against making threats after saying he would place bounties on Afghanistan’s rulers for their continued detention of U.S. nationals. A prisoner swap between the U.S. and Afghanistan last week freed two Americans in exchange for a Taliban figure, Khan Muhammad.
As early as 2016, U.S. intelligence officials were receiving credible reports that the Russian government was funding the Taliban. Now those reports have taken on new relevance.