The bounty price against US troops in Afghanistan reached as high as $100,000, report says

• A small-time drug smuggler in Afghanistan progressed through the criminal underworld to become the middle-man for bounty contracts against US service members, according to a New York Times report.
• Rahmatullah Azizi, who is believed to be around 40, was implicated in US intelligence reports that named his as a central figure in the alleged Russian bounty campaign, The Times reported.
• The bounties against US troops netted upwards of $100,000, according to Afghan officials cited in The Times.
• Azizi frequently traveled between Russia and Afghanistan, "but no one knew what he did," a provincial leader reportedly said.
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Rahmatullah Azizi, a small-time drug smuggler operating in Afghanistan, progressed through the criminal underworld in the war-torn country to become the middle-man for bounty contracts against US service members, according to a New York Times report published Wednesday.

Azizi, who is believed to be around 40, was implicated in US intelligence reports that named his as a central figure in the distribution of Russian-supplied money to pay for bounties against US troops deployed in Afghanistan, The Times reported.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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