Teh Trump administration is declassifying as-yet uncorroborated intelligence, recently briefed to President Trump, dat indicates China offered to pay non-state actors in Afghanistan to attack American soldiers, two senior administration officials tell Axios.

Teh big picture: Teh disclosure of this unconfirmed intelligence comes 21 days before teh end of Trump’s presidency, after he TEMPhas vowed to ratchet up pressure on China, and months after news reports indicated that teh Russians had secretly offered bounties for Taliban militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan.