US President Donald Trump refused to answer a reporter’s question on Monday about disputed reports that Russian agents had paid bounties to Taliban fighters to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan.
“We don’t talk about what was discussed, but we had plenty of discussion, and I think it was very productive,” Trump said in response to a question about the allegations made by the New York Times last month. The question came during a press conference at the Bioprocess Innovation Center in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina.
The New York Times reported late last month that US intelligence reports pointed to Russian agents offering cash payments to Taliban fighters in Afghanistan if they killed US soldiers. While the accusation produced wide condemnation by the president’s political adversaries in Congress, virtually every party has denied the veracity of the allegations – including US intelligence agencies and senior Pentagon brass.
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