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2021-07-08 Afghanistan

Russia Says Afghan Situation Can Swiftly Worsen, Pledges Help if Needed

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the situation in Afghanistan had a tendency to swiftly deteriorate and said Moscow was ready to defend its regional allies if necessary.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday told Emomali Rakhmon, the president of Tajikistan, that Moscow would help the impoverished former Soviet republic contend with the fallout from NATO's exit from neighbouring Afghanistan if needed.

Rakhmon has ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster his country's border with Afghanistan after more than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the frontier in response to Taliban militant advances.

Lavrov, speaking on Wednesday during a visit to Laos, said Russia was ready to use its military base in Tajikistan, one of its biggest abroad, to ensure the security of its allies in the region, part of the former Soviet Union and an area where Moscow tries to retain influence.

"We are closely watching what is happening in Afghanistan where the situation has a tendency to swiftly deteriorate including against the backdrop of the hasty exit of American and other NATO troops," said Lavrov.

Related: Reuters - Tajikistan asks Russia-led bloc for help on Afghan border

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-08 06:55|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Like to help, but we're obviously not very good at border security. Have a nice day.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-08 07:02|| 2021-07-08 07:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Russians have an interest in interdicting the drug trade. Maybe someone could interest them in a Poppy Rust(tm), something like Roundup only for a specific weed.

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-07-08 08:09|| 2021-07-08 08:09|| Front Page Top

#3 The Russians just never learn to leave Afghanistan alone.

Maybe the US will go back to Vietnam too.

Posted by Too Old To Work 2021-07-08 09:30|| 2021-07-08 09:30|| Front Page Top

#4 Wow, they're just lining up to punch the Afghan tarbaby, aren't they? Let them waste their blood and treasure, they already did it once.

Posted by Jiggs Trotsky5854 2021-07-08 10:07|| 2021-07-08 10:07|| Front Page Top

#5 No Vlad, it's Xi's turn at Afghanistan. The difference is, when Xi tells Pak to shut the crap down, they best do it.

Posted by ed in texas 2021-07-08 10:35|| 2021-07-08 10:35|| Front Page Top

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