The Taliban was paid bounties to kill British and American soldiers by the Russian intelligence unit that carried out the Salisbury poison attack, intelligence reports claim. US officials came to the conclusion several months ago that the unit offered payments to militants for killing soldiers in Afghanistan. The unit identified by the officials has been linked to the 2018 poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal in Britain. The Taliban was paid bounties to kill British and American soldiers by the Russian intelligence unit that carried out the Salisbury poison attack, intelligence reports claimThe UK is said to have received the intelligence last week. Sir Andrew Wood, Britain’s ambassador to Russia from 1995 to 2000, said the allegations – which have been denied by Russia and the Taliban – were ‘perfectly plausible’.

Source: Daily Mail June 28, 2020 23:26 UTC