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6/26/2020 7:50:33 PM

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BREAKING NEWS: Russia paid the Taliban BOUNTIES for killing American troops in Afghanistan in plot orchestrated by secret unit which poisoned a defector spy - and White House has known for MONTHS U.S. intelligence concluded a Russian unit paid bounties to Taliban elements for killings of U.S. troopsWould amount to a major escalation for MoscowTrump administration took no apparent action in responseDonald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reportsThe president has repeatedly called for having good relations with Moscow In another brazen attack on the U.S., a Russian military intelligence unit has secretly paid bounties to Taliban-linked fighters to kill U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, according to a bombshell New York Times report. The report represents a deadly escalation in Moscow's repeated efforts to undermine U.S. policy, and came as the administration was seeking to find ways to extract itself from the decades-long war by making peace with the Taliban. There were times when the bounties were in fact paid, according to the paper, although it did not identify specific U.S. troops stationed in Afghanistan were killed as a result of the Russian bounty payments, according to the paper. The money went to Islamist militants. President Donald Trump was briefed on the activity, the New York Times reported Friday, citing officials briefed on the matter – but the U.S. took no evident action. The matter was discussed at the White House national security council. Twenty Americans were killed last year in the bloody Afghan war, which began in 2001. According to the paper, U.S. policy members developed a 'menu' of options, from a diplomatic slap to further increases in U.S. sanctions or other unnamed responses. But officials said the White House has taken no response to date. The group paying the money was described as a Russian military intelligence unit, which the paper did not identify by name. The CIA, the NSA, and the Pentagon all declined comment to the paper. In February the U.S. inked a deal with the Taliban that would bring about an end to the war, the longest in U.S. history, while slowing drawing down U.S. forces. 'I really believe the Taliban wants to do something to show that we’re not all wasting time,' Trump said after the U.S. and the Taliban reached the agreement in Doha. He said he would be meeting with Taliban leaders and added: 'They will be killing terrorists. They will be killing some very bad people. They will keep that fight going.' Russia has longstanding ties to Afghanistan, having been ousted by Mujahadeen forces who got American backing in the 1980s after Russia's 1979 invasion. Last fall, Trump called off secret meetings with the Taliban planned for Camp David during one phase of peace talks after a car bomb attack in Kabul. The talks eventually resumed. Taliban officials held talks in Moscow in September following the collapse of U.S.-Taliban balks. Russia publicly stressed dialogue at the time, Al Jazeera reported at the time, quoting Russia's TASS news agency. dailymail.co.uk