“It was just another custom stuffing from The New York Times. There is no source, they invented it. Fake news, ”Trump wrote on Twitter.

He attached a message to the tweet with a link to the material, which alleged that the security services “did not confirm this report”, which is discussed in the newspaper’s article.

This was just another phony hit job by the @nytimes. They had no source, they made it up. FAKE NEWS! https://t.co/fXsiQMjZFi

- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 11, 2020

At the end of June, The New York Times, citing sources, published an article alleging that Russian military intelligence allegedly offered rewards to Taliban-related militants for attacks on American soldiers in Afghanistan.

Later, the Russian Foreign Ministry called this publication "unpretentious stuffing." As noted in the department, this clearly illustrates the "low intellectual ability of propagandists from American intelligence."

 Trump, in turn, called the article "ordering."

The Taliban spokesman also said the movement “strongly rejects” the newspaper’s allegations.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.