Taliban REFUSES to return U.S. weapons worth $7 billion

It's not clear what will happen next, but the Taliban has officially rejected President Donald Trump's demand for them to return weapons/equipment worth $7 billion. These items were left behind during Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan. In related news reported on Trending Politics, Marco Rubio might be placing bounties on the heads of Taliban leaders in Afghanistan - for unrelated reasons. The report said:

The threat comes two days after the Taliban-controlled Afghan government and the United States swapped prisoners during one of the final acts of the Biden Administration. Rubio — who became the first Trump cabinet nominee to be sworn in earlier this week — announced the major strategic shift in a pointed social media post.

 

“Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported,” Rubio posted on X. “If this is true, we will have to immediately place a VERY BIG bounty on their top leaders, maybe even bigger than the one we had on bin Laden,” he added.