Donald Trump has assured not to have been “briefed” on the possible bonuses paid by Moscow to the insurgents to kill western soldiers in Afghanistan, contrary to what is stated in the information release.
If the information is proven, it could lead to a real diplomatic crisis between Russia and the United States. According to the us daily the New York Times, followed by the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, Russian agents had been quietly distributed the money to the combatants “close to the taliban” so they could kill american soldiers or Nato in Afghanistan. For its part, Russia denies firmly that information. The Express makes the point.
relatives of the Taliban being paid by Russia
This conclusion date of the project is already several months, when the islamist rebels afghans were in full negotiations with Washington to put an end to the longest war of the United States, according to the newspaper. An agreement between the Americans and the taliban, was signed on the 29th February, which provides for a gradual withdrawal total of the american forces, and peace negotiations between the insurgents and the Kabul government.
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A unit of military intelligence Russian would have distributed money to islamist fighters or armed criminals close to the taliban, adds the New York Times, without being able to say how many of the twenty Americans who were killed in combat in Afghanistan in 2019 would have been in connection with this transaction Russian.
Denial of Russians
Russia has strongly denied on Saturday the news from the New York Times. “These unfounded accusations and anonymous, stating that Moscow is behind the death of american soldiers in Afghanistan have already led to direct threats on the lives of employees of the embassies of Russian at Washington and London”, said on Twitter of the Russian embassy in the United States.
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In another message, the embassy has called the New York Times to “stop making false information” and called on the us authorities to “take effective measures” to ensure the safety of its employees.
The taliban belie also
The taliban have also strongly denied these allegations. “The holy war conducted for 19 years by the islamic Emirate (name of the State of afghanistan under the taliban regime, from 1996 to 2001, editor’s note) owes nothing to the benefits of any intelligence service or a foreign country”, they stated in a press release issued in Kabul.
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The afghan insurgents also reject previous us accusations reports of arms shipments from Russia. “The islamic Emirate has used weapons, facilities, and tools (…) are already present in Afghanistan or of the spoils of war recovered from the enemy during clashes,” says the group, which reminds us that improvised explosive devices are responsible for the majority of american casualties in Afghanistan.
The taliban point out in addition remain attached to the agreement signed on 29 February in Doha with Washington, which provides in particular that they cease to attack the foreign troops in exchange for a gradual withdrawal of the latter from Afghanistan before the spring of 2021.
Trump ensures not to have been “briefed”
according to the newspaper, citing officials anonymous, the president, Donald Trump would have been informed and his advisers for national security have discussed this issue at a meeting in late march. Washington has most recently shared his discovery with the United Kingdom, whose soldiers have also been targeted.
But the american president denies his side have been made aware of the case. “Nobody has briefed or not briefed the vice-president Mike Pence or the chief of staff, Mark Meadows on the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by the Russians,” assured the american president in a tweet early in the morning. “All the world denies this and there have not been many attacks against us,” he added, taking for the umpteenth time to the “media containers”.
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Before his election, Donald Trump had promised a warming of relations with the Russia of Vladimir Putin. And it has even recently said they want to invite the Russian president to the upcoming summit of the G7. But the will of approximation of the billionaire republican has always foundered on accusations of interference in Russian in the presidential election of 2016, made with clarity by the american intelligence.
