World News

498 readers

356 users here now

Rules:

Be a decent person
No spam
Add the byline, or write a line or two in the body about the article.

Other communities of interest:

!usa@ponder.cat

founded 3 months ago

MODERATORS

Deceptichum@quokk.au

Grainne@lemmy.dbzer0.com

PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat

Russian Intelligence Paid Taliban Fighters Up to $200,000 Per Attack on US Forces, Investigation Finds (united24media.com)

submitted 1 week ago by PlasticLove to c/world@quokk.au

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Russian military intelligence (GRU) allegedly paid Taliban fighters and other militant groups in Afghanistan to carry out attacks targeting US and coalition forces. According to an investigation by The Insider, in collaboration with Der Spiegel, the scheme reportedly operated between 2016 and 2019, offering payments of up to $200,000 per killed soldier and costing Russia an estimated $30 million.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago

The Taliban were created by Americans paying them to attack Russians. Now Russians have been paying them to attack Americans.

Taliban: I'm playing both sides so I always come out on top