Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, tells Congress that the Trump admin. is 'perhaps not' doing 'as much as we could or should' to deter Russia and other foreign powers from providing support to America's enemies in Afghanistan.
"I can tell you that some of that is done. Are we doing as much as we could or should? Perhaps not. Not only to the Russians, but to others. But a lot of it is being done. Some of it's quiet, Some of it's not so quiet."said the military was looking into the intelligence that the Russians had offered payments to the Taliban as an incentive to kill Americans
However, they acknowledged Russia had been supporting the Taliban for years, and Milley's comment was a concession the U.S. has not pushed back as hard as it could. It's unclear whether President Donald Trump has ever raised the issue in his many conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Esper said no intelligence report he saw used the term “bounty,” although he later acknowledged the reports described payments. He said no military spy agency had corroborated the intelligence, which officials have said was developed largely by the CIA.
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