Iran reportedly paid bounties to Afghan group for attacks on Americans

  • Haqqani network responsible for six attacks, CNN reports
  • Pentagon refrained from retaliation in bid to save peace deal

Iran is reported to have paid bounties to a Taliban faction for killing US and coalition troops in Afghanistan, leading to six attacks last year including a suicide bombing at the US airbase in Bagram.

According to CNN, US intelligence assessed that Iran paid the bounties to the Haqqani network, for the Bagram attack on 11 December, which killed two civilians and injured more than 70 others, including two Americans.

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