Direct Translation of the article via Google Translate. Edited.
By Stanislav Tarasov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, following talks with his Laotian counterpart Salensai Kommasit, said that the situation in Afghanistan is rapidly deteriorating. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti. Lavrov stressed: "We are closely following what is happening in Afghanistan, where the situation is tending to a rapid deterioration, including in the context of the hasty withdrawal of American and other NATO
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...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
troops."Although earlier Smolenskaya Square was not inclined to dramatize the escalation of the conflict in Afghanistan. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the following: "We believe that after the end of the so-called combat season, the military situation in the country will relatively stabilize and the opposing sides will be ready to start a constructive peaceful dialogue in deeds, not in words."
Moreover, commenting on the increased activity of the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
in northern Afghanistan, she noted that, according to the Foreign Ministry, "the movement does not intend to aggravate relations with neighboring countries." However,
if you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning...
according to her, "the growing tension in the provinces bordering the countries of Central Asia may lead to the emergence of a humanitarian crisis and an increase in the number of refugees."
As reported by the US Central Command, the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan is 90% complete. The servicemen hastily left the airbase in Bagram. At the same time, according to the American newspaper The Wall Street Journal, Washington is preparing a plan to evacuate the embassy in Kabul in the event of an attack by the Taliban.
According to the newspaper, the command of the US Armed Forces decided to accelerate the planning of the evacuation of diplomats and military personnel who will remain in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of the foreign contingent. In addition to them, other US citizens may be taken out of the country. The head of the UN Assistance Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA), Deborah Lyons, tried to stop the lump of growing destabilization. She discussed the issue of supporting the grinding of the peace processor in Afghanistan as the only way to end the conflict in the country. The mission, as one would expect, was unsuccessful.
Recall that earlier, in September last year, the Taliban signed a peace agreement with the United States, which was thwarted and did not lead to a dialogue between Kabul and the movement. But this is, so to speak, general reasoning. Let's designate the specificity of the situation.
First, at present, the greatest tension in Afghanistan is observed in the northern provinces of the country, which is perceived primarily in the neighboring countries of Central Asia as a serious challenge. If there is no direct threat to Russia yet, if only because it does not border on Afghanistan, then Moscow's allies have a more dangerous situation. Nevertheless, Russia, which would prefer to negotiate with the current Afghan government, has close established contacts with the Taliban.
Second: In this regard, the Central Asian countries have intensified their dialogue with each other and with Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
held telephone talks on regional issues with his Uzbek and Tajik counterparts - Shavkat Mirziyoyev and Emomali Rahmon. In turn, Rakhmon discussed what happened with Mirziyoyev and with Kyrgyz President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. Telephone talks were held between the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
The intrigue here is that no one can really explain what caused the activation of the Taliban in the north, because their attacks in the region caused, on the one hand, a great resonance in the countries of Central Asia, and, with the other, they provoke the rise of the militia, ready to repel an attack by the Taliban.
All this will complicate the process of international legitimation for the Taliban, which they are actively striving for. Therefore, there is a feeling that some certain forces are trying to complicate the situation in the northern borders of Afghanistan or to stimulate the separatists led by the ethnic Uzbek Field Marshal Dostum
...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
, as well as the Northern Alliance, with the help of the movement.
It is no coincidence that Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking at the Ninth Moscow Conference on International Security, he said that "there is a high probability of a resumption of civil war in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of troops and that the countries of the region should closely monitor the development of the situation."
Moreover, according to American experts, it may collapse within six months after the withdrawal of American troops, and the president of the country, Ashraf Ghani
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money...
, recognized by the world community, will be tossed.
The complexity of this situation is that in the countries of Central Asia there are fears of penetration of bully boyz and members of terrorist organizations from Afghanistan or, through Afghanistan, from the countries of the Middle East. We are not necessarily talking about the Taliban, but about the natives of Central Asia who have joined various terrorist and holy warrior movements, including those that are fighting the Taliban. But while US President Joe The Big Guy Biden
 ...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
is in a hurry to turn the "Afghan" page, and Moscow continues to "keep its finger on the pulse." The "big game" continues in the region.
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