The White House has briefed members of Congress on possible bounties that the Russians paid to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops. But why is Russia developing a relationship with the Taliban — and why is Moscow interested in Afghanistan at all?
We talk to Marvin Weinbaum, director of Afghanistan and Pakistan Studies at the Middle East Institute.
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