Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that the
United States’ 20-year campaign in Afghanistan ended in “only tragedies, only
losses.”
The Russian leader has a track record of criticising Western
countries for trying to impose their values on non-Western nations.
Moscow has regularly slammed the US policy in Afghanistan,
which is now controlled by the Taliban after their takeover this month ahead of
the American pullout on August 31.
Putin said Wednesday that the US army tried to “engrain
their norms” in war-ravaged Afghanistan for two decades, which he characterised
as a futile exercise.
“The result is only tragedies, only losses for those that
did it — for the US — and even more so for the people who live on Afghan
territory,” he said.
It is “impossible to impose anything from outside”, he said.
He was speaking at a meeting with teenagers in the Russian
far eastern city of Vladivostok to mark the start of the school year.
Last week Putin said Russia would not interfere in
Afghanistan and that Moscow had learned from the Soviet occupation of the
country.
He has also complained about Western countries trying to
place Afghan refugees in Moscow-allied Central Asian states.
Moscow has been cautiously optimistic about the new
leadership in Kabul, saying it would not meddle in domestic affairs.
AFP
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