Moscow-Sana
The Russian Foreign Ministry condemned the recent US raid on Afghanistan, which resulted in civilian casualties in the Afghan capital, Kabul, stressing that the results of the NATO military campaign in Afghanistan were catastrophic.
Russia Today website quoted Zakharova as saying in a press conference today that "the raid carried out by a US drone on the 29th of August was a final step for the presence of NATO forces in Afghanistan and led to the collapse of an apartment building and claimed the lives of nine people, including six children." Severely arbitrary use of force.”
Zakharova described the results of NATO's military campaign in Afghanistan as "not a failure but a disaster," stressing that NATO forces failed to establish a viable political system in this country and did not solve old problems such as terrorism, drug trafficking and the deteriorating standard of living during the past 20 years.
Zakharova stressed that the situation in Afghanistan has not improved over the past years, pointing out that the Americans and NATO forces left behind what we see in the footage that is currently broadcast around the world.
Zakharova expressed Moscow's concern about the escalation of political and economic tensions in Afghanistan as a result of Western countries suspending aid to this country, calling on the international community to take effective steps in order to prevent the outbreak of a humanitarian crisis.
The Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman also expressed her country's support for the formation of a comprehensive coalition government that includes all political and ethnic forces in Afghanistan as soon as possible, noting that there are indications of the Taliban's readiness to develop its relations with the international community.
Earlier today, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed that it is important for Russia that Afghanistan does not become a haven for a large number of terrorist groups, pointing out that what happened twenty years ago in Afghanistan should not be allowed to happen again.
