Rahmatullah Azizi

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Rahmatullah Azizi is a citizen of Afghanistan believed to be born in the 1970s . Before the US invasion in the Second Iraq War , he first tried to smuggle drugs from Iraq into Iran. He then signed contracts with the Americans to build roads in Kunduz (Northern Iraq). Azizi established contacts with the Russian secret service. On behalf of the Russians, he put bounties on certain key figures in the coalition forces. He provided the information about these people to the Taliban , who fought underground against the occupiers and, with Azizi's help, were able to identify targets more specifically.

According to both US and Afghan intelligence information, Rahmatullah Azizi was the key figure in a destabilization policy sponsored by Russia. The Russian authorities denied this information leaked to the New York Times in early 2020. Azizi got very rich, according to these reports, but has since moved to Russia.

The Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan in 1979. During this phase of the Cold War , US secret services supported the establishment of a partisan force that was active against the invaders; these underground soldiers formed the Taliban, which took over the government after the Soviets withdrew in 1989.

The name Rahmatullah Azizi is common. An Afghan military pilot and a German soccer player are also called that.

Individual evidence

↑ Colm Quinn: New Details Emerge of Afghan Middleman In Russian Bounty Case. In: Foreign Policy. Retrieved August 12, 2020 (American English).
^ Charles P. Pierce: Russia's Afghan Bagman Is Living Large. July 2, 2020, Retrieved August 12, 2020 (American English).
↑ Mujib Mashal, Eric Schmitt, Najim Rahim, Rukmini Callimachi: Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say . In: The New York Times . July 1, 2020, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 2, 2020]).
↑ according to the New York Times presumably in 2019

personal data
SURNAME	Azizi, Rahmatullah
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Afghan citizen
DATE OF BIRTH	uncertain: between 1970 and 1980

[1] Colm Quinn: New Details Emerge of Afghan Middleman In Russian Bounty Case. In: Foreign Policy. Retrieved August 12, 2020 (American English).

[2] Charles P. Pierce: Russia's Afghan Bagman Is Living Large. July 2, 2020, Retrieved August 12, 2020 (American English).

[3] Mujib Mashal, Eric Schmitt, Najim Rahim, Rukmini Callimachi: Afghan Contractor Handed Out Russian Cash to Kill Americans, Officials Say . In: The New York Times . July 1, 2020, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed July 2, 2020]).

[4] rding to the New York Times presumably in 2019