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BBC: Afghanistan war – Trump got written briefing on ‘Russia bounties’

By BBC.
US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda (out of frame) in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, June 24, 2020. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)
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The White House is under pressure to explain how much the administration knew about allegations Russia offered the Taliban bounties to kill US troops.

Officials have insisted that President Donald Trump was not “personally” informed of the alleged plot in Afghanistan in 2019.

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