Russian Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov has said that the US strategic bases deployed during its military presence in Afghanistan had nothing to do with the situation in the country. He also stressed that the US had no strategy in Afghanistan. He said this in an interview with Echo of Moscow radio.
Kabulov, who is also Director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department, said the US began to deploy bases for a strategic purpose but out of 19 bases that we know of, around seven or eight had nothing to do with Afghanistan and the situation there, he said.
He also stressed that the US had no strategy in Afghanistan. “They have an aim. But they have no strategy which would lead correctly to the aim. They were starting things reactively there back then, when America was the main and most important in the world. And they believed that any, even erroneous thing – it could always be repaired. Yes, somebody will be affected, but so it goes. Collateral damage, so to say. That is why, they have no strategy,” Kabulov was quoted saying in a report in TASS.
As for the Pentagon’s plans to leave 2,500 soldiers in Afghanistan, Kabulov said that this figure “is of no crucial significance” and “the war is lost in the sense it was waged in.” “If we give the figures, as far as I know, plans are to leave about 1,000 marines, 650 of whom will be protecting the embassy, besides inside the embassy compound. And 350 together with the Turks have decided to take control over the Kabul airport to make it easier for the remnants to flee,” he said.
US withdraws Troops
On April 14, US President Joe Biden announced his decision to end the operation in Afghanistan, which became the longest overseas military campaign in American history. Against this background, the deterioration of the security situation has been seen due to the fact that the Taliban group (outlawed in Russia) is stepping up the pace of its offensive on a number of fronts.
According to the Taliban, they have been able to gain control of about 85% of the republic’s territory, including areas located along the border with Iran, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.
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