Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intelligence on China’s bounties on US forces in Afghanistan: report

The Trump administration is declassifying unconfirmed intelligence indicating that China has paid non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack U.S. soldiers, Axios reported Wednesday.

Two senior administration officials said Axios that intelligence was included with President TrumpDonald Trump’s Georgia Signature Audit Reveals No Fraud In Presidential Election Pompeo Calls For The Release Of Chinese Journalist Jailed For Coronavirus Coverage Pence Has Refused To Sign To Plan Election Cancellation, According To lawyers.Information meeting on December 17th. Administrative officials from several agencies are trying to corroborate the information. If the information is indeed true, it could radically change China’s relationship with the United States and increase tensions between the two superpowers.

Officials who spoke to Axios did not say where the information came from or over what period of time.

Axios noted that China has mostly remained outside of Afghanistan while discussing peace deals with Taliban officials. However, Chinese-made weapons and funding have made their way intermittently into Afghanistan, the outlet reported.

Andrew Small, an expert on Sino-Afghan affairs, told Axios that such actions were inconsistent with typical Chinese policies, noting that peace in Afghanistan is an area on which the United States and China are concerned. generally agree.

“They know the withdrawal is underway. We are not in the context that anything else needs to happen to US troops in Afghanistan. There is no reason to put additional pressure on US forces.” Small said.

The report comes months after the publication of unsubstantiated intelligence that Russia had offered bonuses to US troops in Afghanistan. Trump has been condemned by lawmakers for his apparent reluctance to recognize or confront Russia over the reports.

According to Axios, it is not known whether the president-elect Joe bidenJoe Biden Signing AuditGeorgia Reveals No Presidential Election Fraud Pence refused to sign to plan election cancellation Lawyers say New Lincoln Project ad shows Trump’s border wall constructed from headstones of COVID-19 PLUS victims or any member of Congress has also been made aware of this information, although Biden has access to the President’s Daily Brief.

If the intelligence ultimately cannot be corroborated, the decision to declassify it would fall into question, Axios noted.