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

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[–] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That sounds like a very good reason to not be friends with Vladimir Putin.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump just sees this as a quick way to make 200k

[–] dance_ninja@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

He's just smart like that /s

[–] 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

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 week ago

Act of war?

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Okay? Don't forget "US Creates Taliban to destabilize the region and then it backfired"

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

an investigation by The Insider, in collaboration with Der Spiegel

Der Spiegel is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg. With a weekly circulation of about 724,000 copies in 2022, it is one of the largest such publications in Europe. It was founded in 1947 by John Seymour Chaloner, a British army officer, and Rudolf Augstein, a former Wehrmacht radio operator who was recognized in 2000 by the International Press Institute as one of the fifty World Press Freedom Heroes.

Woof.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

What are you trying to say?