WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders, stressing that more Americans may be detained in the country than previously thought.
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday threatened bounties on the heads of Afghanistan's Taliban leaders, stressing that more Americans may be detained in the country than previously thought.The threat came days after the Afghan Taliban government and the United States swapped prisoners in one of the final acts of former president Joe Biden.
11, 2001 terror attacks, with Congress later authorizing the secretary of state to offer up to $50 million.No one is believed to have collected the bounty for bin Laden, who was killed in a US raid in Pakistan.Harder line on Taliban?Trump is known for brandishing threats in his speeches and on social media.But he is also a critic of US military interventions overseas and, in his second inaugural address Monday, said he aspired to be a 'peacemaker.
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