The Briefing Room
General Category => World News => Topic started by: TomSea on August 24, 2017, 01:17:07 pm
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Excerpt:
Tillerson accuses Russia of arming Taliban
U.S. Secretary of State believes that weapons to Afghanistan can only be supplied through the government of the country
13:23, 23 August 2017
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“Russia is supplying weapons to the Taliban. Obviously, this is a violation of international laws and violation of the UN Security Council norms. We will certainly object to this and will draw Russia's attention to this. If someone intends to supply weapons, then this should be done through the Afghan government,” he said.
Continued: http://112.international/politics/tillerson-accuses-russia-of-arming-taliban-20089.html
If he said those exact words as per above, a pretty big story. Of course, this has been said before.