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The Telegraph: John Nicholson – there is no doubt Russia is providing weapons to Taliban

Published April 25, 2017 at 12:19 pm

In this photograph taken on Nov. 3, 2015, Afghan Taliban fighters listen to Mullah Mohammad Rasool Akhund (unseen), the newly appointed leader of a breakaway faction of the Taliban, at Bakwah in the western province of Farah.

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America’s top general in Afghanistan has said there was no doubt that Russia was providing weapons to the Taliban.

In the strongest statement yet over Russia’s apparent re-engagement in the Afghanistan war, Gen John Nicholson said he would “not refute” that Moscow’s involvement included giving weapons to the Taliban.