Russia supplies arms to the Taliban: the US Defense Ministry made an official statement
Tue Jul 25, 2017 9:39 am
The US government has no evidence of Russia's transfer of arms or money to militants of the Taliban terrorist movement in Afghanistan.
This was announced at a hearing in the Senate of the United States Director of Intelligence of the United States Department of Defense Vincent Stewart, reports Reuters .
"There are indications that they [Russia] offered some support, but I did not see any real evidence of the transfer of weapons or money [to terrorists]," said Stewart.
Earlier, the American CNN television channel reported that Russia provided militants of the Taliban terrorist organization in Afghanistan with a new weapon .
In addition, the head of the Pentagon, James Mattheys, during his visit to Afghanistan in April 2017, said that the United States will enter into confrontation with Russia if it continues to support the Taliban.
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This was announced at a hearing in the Senate of the United States Director of Intelligence of the United States Department of Defense Vincent Stewart, reports Reuters .
"There are indications that they [Russia] offered some support, but I did not see any real evidence of the transfer of weapons or money [to terrorists]," said Stewart.
Earlier, the American CNN television channel reported that Russia provided militants of the Taliban terrorist organization in Afghanistan with a new weapon .
In addition, the head of the Pentagon, James Mattheys, during his visit to Afghanistan in April 2017, said that the United States will enter into confrontation with Russia if it continues to support the Taliban.
apostrophe.ua , Original in Ukrainian / на українському
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