A few years ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin praised the United States and its NATO allies for taking on the “burden” of fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and urged them to “carry it to the end.”
But the Kremlin today appears to have embarked on a new policy aimed at turning Afghanistan into a setback or even a quagmire for Washington after Moscow’s belligerent policies in Ukraine and Syria competed against Washington to undercut its role and interests.
Over the past year, Moscow has slowly pulled back from cooperation with the United States to instead work with an array of Afghan power brokers …read more
Source: Afghanistan Times
