The US and North Atlantic Alliance mission in Afghanistan has failed, the situation in the country is rapidly deteriorating and is practically out of the authorities' control, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Wednesday.
"Developments in the northern border areas of the country and the mass exodus of Afghans to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan show that the agreements between the United States and the Taliban Islamic Movement (banned in Russia) are not being implemented," Shoigu said at a meeting of defense ministers of SCO member countries. According to the Minister, the situation in Afghanistan "is rapidly deteriorating and is practically out of control of the authorities, and the Taliban already control most of the territory."
"Particularly worrying is the strengthening of the position of ISIS (the former name of the terrorist group Islamic State, banned in the Russian Federation) and other international terrorist organizations, which has led to an increase in the threat of their penetration into neighboring countries. Thus, we have to say that the mission of the United States and NATO in Afghanistan has failed," said Shoigu.
Earlier, Shoigu said that the Russian base 201 would provide military assistance to Tajikistan if the security of this country is threatened by the events in neighboring Afghanistan.
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Based on materials from TASS