WASHINGTON: Two reports in the New York Times have claimed that Russia secretly paid the Taliban for killing US and other coalition troops in Afghanistan, with US commandos and spies claiming that He informed his superiors in January. Later in March this year, US intel…

Will the ongoing war on terror ever end? Nearly 19 years after 9/11, thousands of US troops have been stationed in Afghanistan, Iraq, the Gulf states and the Horn of Africa. In addition, the United States has targeted suspected terrorist leaders with the help of drone …