Tehran 3 July_US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for sanctions on Russia’s intelligence and defense sectors after a briefing on reported Russian payments to Taliban militants to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan.
Her remarks came after the Department of Defense (DOD) Monday reiterated that there was no strong proof that Russia had incentivized Taliban-linked militants to kill coalition forces in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon said DOD could not validate reports that Russians offered Taliban militants bounty for killing foreign troops in the war-torn country.
“The Department of Defense continues to evaluate intelligence that Russian GRU operatives were engaged in malign activity against United States and coalition forces in Afghanistan. To date, DOD has no corroborating evidence to validate the recent allegations found in open-source reports,” chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said in a statement.
According to the New York Times on Friday, US President Donald Trump had also claimed that he was not briefed on any reports that Russians offered Taliban militants bounty.
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