Russian diplomat says some members of US intelligence involved in Afghan drug trafficking
Some members of the US intelligence, which accuses Russia of
conspiring with Taliban members, are involved in drug trafficking from
Afghanistan, said Russian president’s special envoy for Afghanistan affairs,
Zamir Kabulov.
"Those wonderful US intelligence officers, who accuse
us of different things, are involved in drug trafficking. Their planes from
Kandahar, from Bagram [airfield near Kabul] are flying wherever they want to -
to Germany, to Romania - without any inspections," he said. "Every
citizen of Kabul will tell you that, everyone is ready to talk about
that."
On June 26, The New York Times ran a story claiming that an
unidentified unit of the Russian military intelligence allegedly offered
bounties to Taliban (outlawed in Russia) militants to kill US soldiers and
other coalition troops in Afghanistan. On June 29, Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin
spokesman, castigated these reports as fabrications and an "elaborate
hoax." On June 27, the Russian Foreign Ministry labeled the initial
publication on this issue as intentionally false.
US President Donald Trump said in a Twitter post on June 28
that US intelligence did not find this information credible.
On February 14, 2003, the Russian Supreme Court declared the
Taliban a terrorist organization. The extremist organization’s activities are
outlawed in Russia.
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