How Russia Built a Channel to the Taliban, Once an Enemy
KABUL, Afghanistan — During one of the most violent stretches of fighting in northern Afghanistan, as the Taliban scored victories that had eluded them since...
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Trump’s Shocking Inaction on Russia
Did President Trump know about U.S. intelligence community assessments that the Russians had offered bounties to the Taliban for attacks against U.S. and coalition forces...
New Administration Memo Seeks to Foster Doubts About Suspected Russian Bounties
A memo produced in recent days by the office of the nation’s top intelligence official acknowledged that the C.I.A. and top counterterrorism officials have assessed...
Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say
KABUL, Afghanistan — He was a lowly drug smuggler, neighbors and relatives say, then ventured into contracting, seeking a slice of the billions of dollars...
White House Dismisses Reports of Bounties, but Is Silent on Russia
First President Trump denied knowing about it. Then he called it a possible “hoax.” Next, the White House attacked the news media. And now an...
Trump’s New Russia Problem: Unread Intelligence and Missing Strategy
The intelligence finding that Russia was most likely paying a bounty for the lives of American soldiers in Afghanistan has evoked a strange silence from...
Data on Financial Transfers Bolstered Suspicions That Russia Offered Bounties
American officials intercepted electronic data showing large financial transfers from a bank account controlled by Russia’s military intelligence agency to a Taliban-linked account, which was...
Trump Got Written Briefing in February on Possible Russian Bounties, Officials Say
American officials provided a written briefing in late February to President Trump laying out their conclusion that a Russian military intelligence unit offered and paid...
Lawmakers Press for Answers on Russian Bounty Offers to Taliban to Kill U.S. Troops
Democrats and Republicans in Congress demanded on Monday that American intelligence agencies promptly share with lawmakers what they know about a suspected Russian plot to...
Spies and Commandos Warned Months Ago of Russian Bounties on U.S. Troops
WASHINGTON — United States intelligence officers and Special Operations forces in Afghanistan alerted their superiors as early as January to a suspected Russian plot to...