[b][/b]WASHINGTON — A Russian spy unit paid members of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement to conduct lethal attacks on U.S. troops in that country, according to a classified American intelligence assessment, people familiar with the report said.

The assessment of the role played by Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, in fostering attacks on American soldiers, comes as President Trump is pushing the Pentagon to withdraw a significant portion of U.S. forces from Afghanistan and as U.S. diplomats try to forge a peace accord involving the Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan government.
The intelligence assessment regarding Russia’s actions in Afghanistan was delivered to the White House earlier this spring, and until recently had been known only to a handful of officials, a person familiar with it said. Its contents were reported earlier Friday by the New York Times.
It couldn’t be determined whether Russian bounties paid to Taliban fighters resulted in any American combat deaths in Afghanistan.
The White House, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon declined to comment. Russia’s Embassy in Washington didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

At issue is a secretive unit of the GRU that, according to Western officials, has conducted sometimes clandestine lethal operations against Moscow’s adversaries. The same unit, they said, was responsible for the poisoning in the U.K. of Sergei Skripal, a former GRU officer who defected to Britain, and his daughter. Russia has denied involvement.

This story continues in The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/russian-spy-unit-paid-taliban-to-attack-us-troops-us-intelligence-says.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Hmmmm US had been drawn into so many multi battles recently

Donald trump is going to strike Russia back if care is not taking The U.S is not Nigeria that can't even take care of common Fulani herdsmen and sponsored boko harams

ebuka440:
Donald trump is going to strike Russia back if care is not taking The U.S is not Nigeria that can't even take care of common Fulani herdsmen and sponsored boko harams

Lol. You think Russia is one of those pushover countries the USA can just mess with?

ebuka440:
Donald trump is going to strike Russia back if care is not taking The U.S is not Nigeria that can't even take care of common Fulani herdsmen and sponsored boko harams

Trump that has been accused many times by the Congress, of being "pro-Russia"?

Putin is The only Billionaire in Russia and he is jealous of CAPITALISM and The Western Billionaires.

ebuka440:
Donald trump is going to strike Russia back if care is not taking The U.S is not Nigeria that can't even take care of common Fulani herdsmen and sponsored boko harams

US can just strike weak Nation like that talkless of OG like Russia,the only thing they can do is to arm and train multiple Russian separatists

If this is true i'd call it a pay back. America also armed terrorist jihadist groups to launch attack against Soviet troops fighting in Afghanistan during the Soviet-Afghan war. America's CIA and British Mi6 armed the Mujahideens that later transmogrified into Al-Qaeda. The operation was codenamed "Operation Cyclone"

Do the talibans need any motivation to kill American soldiers? Russia isn't so dumb to do something so reckless with people who will easily rat them out even if they have any reasons to do something like this. This is coming days to some major breakthrough in peace talks in Afghanistan. Surely some people do not want the Americans to leave Afghanistan.
It is when they want to lie to you that they claim UNNAMED intelligence sources. This is exactly the same source they got the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction from. This is to make sure that when the lie is eventually exposed, no one will ever be held responsible for it.

orisa37:
Putin is The only Billionaire in Russia and he is jealous of CAPITALISM and The Western Billionaires.

You people will just come online and be telling us what one tope in your street told you with the confidence of an expert in that topic.
There are more billionaires in Russia than in UK, Russia is the country with the 4th largest number of billionaires.
https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-with-the-most-billionaires-2019-5
Put a little effort in trying to verify whatever you hear before you tell anyone else.

Johndot:
WASHINGTON — A Russian spy unit paid members of Afghanistan’s Taliban movement to conduct lethal attacks on U.S. troops in that country, according to a classified American intelligence assessment, people familiar with the report said.

The assessment of the role played by Russia’s military intelligence agency, the GRU, in fostering attacks on American soldiers, comes as President Trump is pushing the Pentagon to withdraw a significant portion of U.S. forces from Afghanistan and as U.S. diplomats try to forge a peace accord involving the Taliban and the U.S.-backed Afghan government.
The intelligence assessment regarding Russia’s actions in Afghanistan was delivered to the White House earlier this spring, and until recently had been known only to a handful of officials, [la person familiar with it said. Its contents were reported earlier Friday by the New York Times.
It couldn’t be determined whether Russian bounties paid to Taliban fighters resulted in any American combat deaths in Afghanistan.
The White House, the Central Intelligence Agency and the Pentagon declined to comment. Russia’s Embassy in Washington didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

At issue is a secretive unit of the GRU that, according to Western officials, has conducted sometimes clandestine lethal operations against Moscow’s adversaries. The same unit, they said, was responsible for the poisoning in the U.K. of Sergei Skripal, a former GRU officer who defected to Britain, and his daughter. Russia has denied involvement.

This story continues in The Wall Street Journal.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/russian-spy-unit-paid-taliban-to-attack-us-troops-us-intelligence-says.amp?__twitter_impression=true

Who is the person? Is it too much of secret that the person is scared for his life? This is how governments agencies use media to lie and control the minds of the people.

This is America looking for someone to blame for their humiliating defeat in Afghanistan and finding a reason not to honor their agreement with the taliban

He doesn't know how to use his Billions. He has no investment in NIGERIA.

orisa37:
Putin is The only Billionaire in Russia and he is jealous of CAPITALISM and The Western Billionaires.

Roman Abrahimovic is Nigerian abi?

Some of you pro Trump always act like him, my problem with you people is that you blame your friends in the opposite divide, he Buhari supporters.

No difference between Trump's Nigerian supporters and those supporting Buhari.

ebuka440:
Donald trump is going to strike Russia back if care is not taking The U.S is not Nigeria that can't even take care of common Fulani herdsmen and sponsored boko harams

Stop watching American war films!

You mean yevgeny went to pay Haqqani to attack the forces.

Why did they make this local, provincial, good timing, spoilt, selfish and childish man their President?. That is the question.
They did it out if anger, racism and jealousy against hardworking Asians and Africans who are beating them at their own system. A good system that only works with fairness, inclusiveness and diversity.

Trump will finish the bad work started by George Bush and pave the way for a Chinese century.

God created INDIVIDUALISM, RACISM TRIBALISM, LANGUAGES, GROUPINGS AND
ALSO CHURCHISM FROM BABEL.

GOD DIDN'T CREATE ALL OF THE ABOVE TO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE BUT TO IMPROVE, ENLARGE, EXPAND, INCREASE IT FOR GOOD FOR HIMSELF AND FOR US ALL .

I SUPPORT NATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS UNIVERSE OF OURS FOR GOOD AND NOT FOR DESTRUCTION USING MISSILES LIKE IN CAPE KENNEDY, NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO BOOST THEIR EGOS AND NUISANCES, BIO CHEMISTRY & BIO PHYSICS WEAPONS AND NOW CORONAVIRUS AND BUYING UP W.H.O AND ITS ENTIRE MANAGEMENT TO DESTROY THE WORLD?

SO CHINA IS RUDE AND INSANE. NORTH KOREA AND IRAN ARE SIMPLY IRRATIONAL. PUTIN IS TEMPTING GOD AND SUFFERING FROM JEHOPHOBIA. OBAMA IS MISCHIEVOUS. TRUMP IS TRYING TO COPE WITH THE MISCHIEF AROUND HIM.

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