Washington, June 29 -- US intelligence has concluded that the Russian military offered bounties to Taliban-linked militants in Afghanistan to kill American troops, the New York Times has reported, citing officials briefed on the matter. But the Taliban refuted the reports, while the White House denied that President Donald Trump had been briefed by intelligence on the bounty. The rewards purportedly gave incentives to the guerrillas to target US forces, just as Trump tries to withdraw troops and end America's longest war. 12...