According to Nova, Russia is undermining NATO's efforts to stabilize Afghanistan by financing the Taliban movement through a secret program of illegal oil supplies: the accusation is launched by the British newspaper "The Times", which cites "members of the Islamist group "and" Afghan officials "as sources of the complaint. According to the article published today, Monday 16 October, the Russian secret services are infiltrating entire convoys of oil tankers into Afghanistan through the border post of Hairatan, on the border with Uzbekistan: from there the oil would be delivered almost free of charge to shell companies that belong to the Islamist movement, which would then sell the fuel, yielding 2,5 million dollars a month which ends up directly in the pockets of the Taliban leaders to buy weapons and pay their fighters. The "Times" in particular cites the statements of a Taliban "treasurer" in the Afghan province of Ghazni who, according to the British newspaper, publicly admitted the aid received from Russia to show that the Islamist rebels enjoy international support and thus respond to the recent decision by US President Donald Trump to send another 3.800 troops to the Asian country and to increase financial support for the Afghan government.
