The bounty price against US troops in Afghanistan reached as high as $100,000, report says

A small-time drug smuggler in Afghanistanprogressed through the criminal underworld to become the middle-man for bounty contracts against US service members, according to a New York Times report. Rahmatullah Azizi, who is believed to be around 40, was implicated in US intelligence reports that named his as a central figure in the alleged Russian bounty campaign, The Times reported. The bounties against US troops netted upwards of $100,000, according to Afghan officials cited in The Times. Azizi ...