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Offline TomSea

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Pentagon 'wanted to pay Taliban expenses'
« on: May 16, 2019, 09:20:13 pm »
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Pentagon 'wanted to pay Taliban expenses'

The Trump administration wanted to reimburse the Taliban for their expenses attending recent peace talks, according to a congressional aide.

But a Capitol Hill committee denied the request to cover the militants' costs such as food and lodging, a lawmaker's spokesman told the BBC.

The bid was rejected because it would have amounted to illegal material support for terrorists, said the aide.

Read more at:  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48300618

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Re: Pentagon 'wanted to pay Taliban expenses'
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2019, 09:35:14 pm »
I'm sure this is a fair representation of what was actually going on....    :whistle: