Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, has said that the United States of America has achieved zero in Afghanistan despite the 20 year campaign in the country.
Putin said that the 20 year campaign in Afghanistan ended in tragedies and Washington had achieved nothing in the country.
They also said that the US Army’s attempt to ingrain their norms in Afghanistan was futile.
On Wednesday this week, Putin said:
American troops were present on that territory (of Afghanistan) for 20 years, and over those 20 years they were trying – this can be said without offending anyone – to civilise the local people, but in fact, to impose their norms and standards of life in the broadest sense of this word, including the political organisation of society. The only result is tragedies and losses for those who were doing that – for the United States – and especially for the people who live on the territory of Afghanistan. This is a zero result, if not negative.
He was at a meeting with teenagers in the Russian far eastern city of Vladivostok to mark the start of the school year when he said this.
He added that it is impossible to impose anything from outside.
This is not the first time Putin has something to say for western countries.
He has a pretty long track record of criticizing Western Countries for trying to impose their values on non-Western nations.
Earlier this month, Putin also said that Russia is not going to interfere in Afghanistan considering that they have learned a lot of things from the Soviet Occupation of the country.
Moscow fought a 10 year war in Afghanistan, which ended with the Soviet Troops withdrawing from the country.
Not only that, but Putin has also said that Western Countries are trying to place Afghan refugees in Moscow-allied Central Asian States which brings fears of Radical Islam.
As of now, Moscow has said that they are not going to meddle in the domestic affairs of Afghanistan and has publicly said that they are optimistic about the new leadership in Kabul.
Despite being optimistic, the Taliban are still registered as a terrorist organization in Russia.
Russia has evacuated hundreds of people from Afghanistan and have announced that they are planning to lay on further flights.
Putin’s special representative on Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said last week that Moscow’s embassy was working to establish relations with Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers.
Russia has also said that they are ready to help rebuild the economy of Afghanistan.
They have also urged Western Nations to not freeze the Afghan Government’s Financial Assets.
Zamir Kabulov said:
We are establishing ties (with Taliban officials), our embassy in Kabul is working quite actively on this. We have had such contacts for a long time and we will work further on them.
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