However, there was apparently no mention during the call about allegations that some Taliban militants received money to kill U.S. and NATO soldiers in Afghanistan.
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/GAFREW6XNVFRBM5FO63D2EPGPE.jpg)
:quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/5GDJEQ26MJGCLC5OJGZCSGQTLY.jpg)