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White House aware in 2019 of Russian bounties on American troops in Afghanistan, officials say
Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported, according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence.
Navy SEALs tried to locate US citizen abducted by Afghan militants
In the days following the January capture of an American contractor in Afghanistan, Navy SEAL commandos raided a village and detained suspected members of a Taliban-linked militant network, The Associated Press has learned.
In NYT Op-Ed, Taliban’s deputy leader — wanted by the FBI — pushes for complete US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
The FBI has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information that directly leads to Taliban deputy leader Sirajuddin Haqqani’s arrest.
By Diana Stancy
ISIS in Afghanistan is still able to field thousands of fighters despite hellacious fight to destroy it
A special operations task force was awarded 34 valor awards to include five Silver Stars and nine Bronze Stars during a six month deployment combating Taliban, Afghan ISIS militants, Haqqani network and Al-Qaida fighters.
By Shawn Snow