The terrorist act near the Russian embassy in Kabul is aimed at disrupting the stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan and Russia's participation in this process, the press service of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service told TASS on Thursday.
"According to the information received by the Russian SVR, the terrorist attack on the Russian embassy in Kabul was aimed at disrupting the further stabilization of the situation in Afghanistan and our country's constructive participation in this process. The progress towards normalization of the situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan clearly does not suit the US and its allies," the press service reported.
The SVR also believes that the long-term presence of Western countries in Afghanistan has only led to the destruction of the economy, degradation of security and the formation of breeding grounds for the growth of extremism. "In the context of the global confrontation with Russia, the West seeks to prevent the strengthening of our country's position and influence in Afghanistan," the report said. "The logical result of the Western states' refusal of coordinated and systematic international cooperation in the fight against extremism has been an increase in terrorist activity in the IRA. Cases of group and individual attacks have increased," the SVR noted. The press service added that the success in the fight against terrorism is impossible without joint efforts of all countries, and "flirting with extremists inevitably leads to growth of threats to international security and new terrorist acts."
On September 5, the Russian MFA said that in the morning, an unidentified militant detonated an explosive device near the entrance to the consular section of the Russian embassy in Kabul, killing two members of the diplomatic mission.
Now Afghanistan is ruled by the radical Taliban movement (recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia), which calls the state an "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan".
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Based on materials from TASS