Russia secretly offered Afghan militants bounties to kill troops, US intelligence says
Charlie Savage, Eric Schmitt and Michael Schwirtz, The New York Times
Posted at Jun 27 05:54 AM
American intelligence officials have concluded that a Russian military intelligence unit secretly offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants for killing coalition forces in Afghanistan — including targeting American troops — amid the peace talks to end the long-running war there, according to officials briefed on the matter.
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