Italy charged with bribing Taliban

The World

The Times of London is reporting that Italy paid the Taliban not to attack Italian soldiers in Afghanistan. Italy vehemently denies the story, but the story is raising questions, because it also claims that the alleged payments led to the deaths of French soldiers. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports.

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