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Flashback: Iran pays $1,000 for each U.S. soldier killed by the Taliban
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:37 pm
NBC News
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Iran is paying Taliban fighters $1,000 for each U.S. soldier they kill in Afghanistan, according to a report in a British newspaper.
The Sunday Times described how a man it said was a "Taliban treasurer" had gone to collect $18,000 from an Iranian firm in Kabul, a reward it said was for an attack in July which killed several Afghan government troops and destroyed an American armored vehicle.
The treasurer left with the cash hidden in a sack of flour, the newspaper said, and then gave it to Taliban fighters in the province of Wardak. In the past six months, the treasurer claimed to have collected more than $77,000 from the company.
The Sunday Times said its investigation had found that at least five Kabul-based Iranian companies were secretly passing funds to the Taliban.
The newspaper's correspondent, Miles Amoore, said he met and interviewed the treasurer, who he said had been an illiterate farmer who was taught to read and write, plus basic accountancy, by the Taliban last winter.
"We don’t care who we get money from," the treasurer was quoted as saying. He described the relationship with Iran as a "marriage of convenience." Iran is a predominantly Shiite country, while the Taliban is dominated by Sunni Muslims.
This post was edited on 6/29/20 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:39 pm to Music_City_Tiger
I'm scratching my head trying to figure out who was president on 9/5/2010, when that article was written. Will you please help me?
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:40 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I'm scratching my head trying to figure out who was president on 9/5/2010
easy...was the first half white president
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:41 pm to Tchefuncte Tiger
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I'm scratching my head trying to figure out who was president on 9/5/2010, when that article was written. Will you please help me?
It wasn't Trump, but Trump was still causing so much hate and division back in 2010, it was easy to see why Obama's attention was elsewhere in trying to heal the world.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:42 pm to Music_City_Tiger
Ahh back when the media would release stories and not tie everything 100% directly to the President.
Posted on 6/29/20 at 3:42 pm to Music_City_Tiger
And even so Jug Ears have them billions.
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