Ministry of defense: the war in Afghanistan will go on until there is no escape USA
Civil war in Afghanistan will continue as long as there do not leave American troops, RIA “Novosti” statement by the former head of the joint intelligence Directorate, Pakistan’s Lieutenant General Assad Durrani.
He said this at a meeting with cadets and teachers of Military University of the Ministry of defense of Russia.
“I realized that the presence of American troops in Afghanistan is one of the factors that determine the ongoing civil war in that country. And as long as in Afghanistan there is a foreign power, war is inevitable, it will continue,” he said.
He also criticized US policy in relation to crisis situations in various regions of the world, including in Afghanistan.
Earlier, the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia commented on the publication in The Times about the alleged funding by Russia of the Taliban movement. U.S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson has accused Russia of supplying weapons to the Taliban in August 2017.
The Taliban is a terrorist group whose activities are banned in several countries, including in Russia.