Being “involved” in the situation in Afghanistan, Russia operates in the country through contacts with extremist grouping “Haqqani Network” and related radical Taliban (banned in Russia), said the Chairman of the joint chiefs of staff of the Armed forces (AF) of the U.S. General mark Milly.
Also, according to the General, the situation around Afghanistan “attended” China, Pakistan and Iran. This is a statement he made at a hearing of the Committee on armed services, house of representatives, U.S. Congress.
"We knew that Russia was involved in Afghanistan in the interests of their national security. Russia is not our friend, and their participation [in this situation] is a concern. We have closely followed and take appropriate action. She’s been doing it for years. And they do this for their own reasons. And they are doing this through Taliban, Haqqani and other groups" — quoted by TASS Millie.
Also a representative of the U.S. armed forces commented disseminated by us media reports that Russia offers to the militants in Afghanistan rewards for attacks on American soldiers. He stated that at this point no correlation between the alleged rewards program of the Russian Federation and the losses among the American military.
"We’re going to get to the bottom of these rewards," the General said.
Earlier after The New York Times June 29, the American newspaper the Washington Post with reference to unnamed sources close to the us military, stated that several U.S. servicemen were killed in Afghanistan because of alleged collusion of the Russian Federation with the Taliban. The publication claims that the information it received from the us military who were involved in interrogations, captured in Afghanistan, terrorists in recent months.
Press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov called false information about it. The US President Donald trump said that American intelligence agencies reported to him about the unreliability of distributed media data.
Wrote NEWS.ru the Minister of defense mark Esper stated that he had not received reports that Russia paid “remuneration” to the Afghan Taliban for attacks on American soldiers.
