Posted on Aug 22, 2021
Afghan crisis: Russia plans for new era with Taliban rule
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When US and European governments raced to get their citizens and Afghan colleagues out of Kabul this week, Russia was one of very few countries not visibly alarmed by the Taliban takeover.
Russian diplomats described the new men in town as "normal guys" and argued that the capital was safer now than before. President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the Taliban's takeover was a reality they had to work with.
It is all a far cry from the disastrous nine-year war in Afghanistan that many Russians remember from propping up Kabul's communist government in the 1980s.
Russian diplomats described the new men in town as "normal guys" and argued that the capital was safer now than before. President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that the Taliban's takeover was a reality they had to work with.
It is all a far cry from the disastrous nine-year war in Afghanistan that many Russians remember from propping up Kabul's communist government in the 1980s.
Afghan crisis: Russia plans for new era with Taliban rule
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Didn't we help the Taliban fight the Soviets when they occupied Afghanistan?
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The Capitulator in Chief has now initiated the Greatest Hostage Situation in the History of the U.S. as well as an American Dunkirk. Well Done Dementia Joe
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