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Britain's foreign secretary has suggested that senior Taliban figures be given positions in the Afghan government to bring an end to the violence in the country.
In a game of survival, US military contractors are ‘forced to pay suspected insurgents to protect American supply routes.’ An Afghan private security official reveals, “Most escorting is done by the Taliban.”
The US government is ‘financing the very same insurgent forces in Afghanistan that American and NATO soldiers are fighting.’ The US military provides funding to the militant group through contractors.