MOSCOW – “The Tajik-Afghan border will not be a threat to Russia”. This was guaranteed by the Taliban authorities gathered in Moscow, underlining that they do not intend to cross the border that until a few days ago was controlled by the US and NATO.
The Taliban delegation was welcomed in the capital by the Kremlin envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov. The ministry said Kabulov urged the Taliban “to prevent conflicts from spreading beyond the country’s borders.” “We have received assurances from the Taliban that they will not violate the borders of the Central Asian states and also their guarantees for foreign diplomatic and consular missions in Afghanistan.”
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Earlier this week, the Taliban advance in the north forced hundreds of Afghan soldiers to flee across the border into Tajikistan, a former Soviet nation that is home to a Russian military base. Tajikistan has recalled 20,000 military reservists to strengthen its southern border.
In comments broadcast by the Russian state news agency Tass, he reports Associated Press, the spokesman for the Taliban Mohammad Sohail Shaheen, he said that their delegation has come to Moscow to “ensure that we will not allow anyone to use Afghan territory to attack Russia or neighboring countries”. “We have excellent relations with Russia,” he said.
Moscow, which fought a 10-year war in Afghanistan that ended with the withdrawal of Soviet troops in 1989, intervened diplomatically with the US and Kabul. But he specifies: “We will do everything, including the use of the Russian military base on the Tajik border, to prevent any aggressive moves against our allies,” the Russian foreign minister warned Wednesday. Sergei Lavrov.
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Minorities, education, the elimination of drug trafficking and humanitarian aid are also on the table. The Taliban authorities have ensured that these will be respected issues. “All Afghans have the right to a decent education in line with Islamic law and Afghan traditions.”
After the almost definitive withdrawal of the US and NATO from the Afghan territory, the Taliban declared that they already had control of 85% of the territory
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