US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday said he warned his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that there would be "an enormous price to pay" if Moscow is offering bounties to kill US soldiers or other Western troops in Afghanistan.

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Top United States General Mark Milley pledged Thursday to "take action" if the US military could corroborate intelligence suggesting Moscow paid militants linked to the Taliban to kill US soldiers in Afghanistan.

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It is no secret that the world is not completely believing that the US President Donald Trump was not aware and briefed by the security agencies on the matter of Russia placing secret bounties on the US soldiers.

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Many of these reports said Donald Trump and the White House have known about the bounties for months but haven't condemned them publicly or taken any retaliatory steps against Moscow.

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