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Iran denies paying bounties to Taliban to target US troops
(Last Updated On: August 18, 2020)
Iran on Tuesday denied reports it paid the Taliban bounties to target US troops and coalition forces in Afghanistan.
In a statement carried by Iranian media, Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said the allegations were “entirely false” and that the US tries to hide its “miscalculations” in Afghanistan by resorting to propaganda.
This comes after a Pentagon report emerged on Monday that Iran had offered bounties to Taliban fighters and that it had reimbursed Haqqani Network for at least six attacks against US and coalition forces in 2019.
The report also indicated Iran paid bounties to Haqqani for their attack on Bagram Air Base in December last year.