Russian Intelligence Paid Taliban Fighters Up to $200,000 Per Attack on US Forces, Reports The Insider and Der Spiegel
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Documents indicate Russian military intelligence coordinated financial support for Afghan militants to carry out attacks against coalition forces from 2016 to 2019.

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.

  • @UnderpantsWeevilEnglish
    -2•2 days ago

    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.