Taliban militants are earning up to 2 lakh Pakistani rupees for each NATO soldier they kill.
"We can’t lie to our commanders: they can check to see if there was a fight in that area. We get money if we capture equipment too. A gun can fetch USD 1,000 [690 pounds]," said a commander from Khost province who controls about 60 fighters.
Taliban rebels are earning up to 2 lakh Pakistani rupees (1,660 pounds) for each NATO soldier they kill.
The money usually reaches commanders via the traditional hawala transfer system which is then shared within the militia.
"It’s a lot of money for us. We don’t care if we kill foreigners: their blood allows us to feed our families and the more we kill, the more we weaken them. Of course we are going to celebrate this, a commander from Ghazni province
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