{"id":108864,"date":"2020-12-31T11:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=108864"},"modified":"2020-12-31T11:51:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-31T16:51:53","slug":"china-putting-a-bounty-on-american-heads-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=108864","title":{"rendered":"China putting a bounty on American heads in Afghanistan?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/us-china.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-80827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/us-china.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/us-china.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/us-china-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeff LPH 3 sends us this. According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/news-by-subject\/foreign-policy\/532175-trump-admin-declassifies-intel-on-china-bounties-on-us-forces?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Mil%20EBB%2012.31.20&amp;utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Military%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill<\/a>;<\/p>\n<h3>Trump administration declassifies unconfirmed intelligence on China bounties on US forces in Afghanistan: report<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>The Trump administration is declassifying unconfirmed intelligence that indicates China paid nonstate actors in Afghanistan to attack U.S. soldiers, Axios reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Two senior administration officials told Axios that the intelligence was included with President Trump\u2019s briefing on Dec. 17. Administration officials from multiple agencies are attempting to corroborate the information. If the information is indeed true, it could drastically change China\u2019s relationship with the U.S. and heighten tensions between the two superpowers.<\/p>\n<p>The officials who spoke to Axios did not say where the information came from or what period of time it covered.<\/p>\n<p>Axios noted that China has mostly remained out of Afghanistan while speaking to Taliban officials about peace deals. However, Chinese-made weapons and funding have intermittently made their way to Afghanistan, the news outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Small, an expert on China-Afghanistan affairs, told Axios that such actions were not in line with China\u2019s typical policies, noting that peace in Afghanistan is one area where the U.S. and China typically agree.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They know the drawdown is taking place. We\u2019re not in the context where anything else needs to happen to US troops in Afghanistan. There is no reason to create additional pressure on US forces,\u201d said Small.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Look at last summer&#8217;s uncorroborated accusations that Russia was putting a price on the heads of American troops in Afghanistan. There wasn&#8217;t a skeptical story about that for months. Since this one came from Trump though, it&#8217;s definitely worth a wary eye and lots of qualifying statements like &#8220;unconfirmed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know that I believe either Russia or China have any motivation to put bounties on American heads in that shit hole. Now Iran on the other hand&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff LPH 3 sends us this. 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