Breaking News: Putin Expresses Hope On The Taliban

Putin, the Russian president is treading carefully with the hardline group, which Moscow officially considers a ‘terrorist group.

EkohotBlog reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed that he hopes the Taliban will behave in a “civilized” manner in Afghanistan to enable the global community maintain diplomatic ties with Kabul.

Putin mentioned on Friday that “Russia is not interested in the disintegration of Afghanistan. If this happens, then there will be no one to talk to.”

This was revealed while he was speaking at the plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok.

In his statement, he noted that “The sooner the Taliban will enter the family of civilized people, so to speak, the easier it will be to contact, communicate, and somehow influence and ask questions,” he added.

The longtime Russian President had labeled the withdrawal of United States-led forces from Afghanistan completed last month as a “catastrophe” and one that ended in tragedies for America.

He expressed that “The Americans, very pragmatic people, spent more than $1.5 trillion on this campaign over the years, and what is the result? Zero. If you look at the number of people who have been abandoned in Afghanistan, (who) have been working for the collective West, the US, and their allies, then it’s a humanitarian catastrophe as well.”

He openly blasted calls by US officials to reorientate Afghanistan against Russia and China after the withdrawal of their forces.

“Figure things out first with those with whom you have been at war for 20 years, and then talk about how you’re going to confront Russia and China,” Putin registered in his statement.

Meanwhile, Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said his country could not take in Afghan refugees who worked with the US because of “logistics” and what he described as “nuances and issues related to the sovereignty of Kazakhstan”. He did not go into details.

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