- Sputnik International, 1920
World
Get the latest news from around the world, live coverage, off-beat stories, features and analysis.

US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Should Not Result in Deployment of Troops to Asia, Moscow Says

© AFP 2023 / MANPREET ROMANAIn this file photo, US Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade wait for helicopter transport as part of Operation Khanjar at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province in Afghanistan on 2 July 2009.
In this file photo, US Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment of the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade wait for helicopter transport as part of Operation Khanjar at Camp Dwyer in Helmand Province in Afghanistan on 2 July 2009. - Sputnik International, 1920, 02.07.2021
Subscribe
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan should not lead to a redeployment of US and NATO military infrastructure to Central Asia, Russia's special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, told Sputnik on 2 July.
The United States plans to complete the withdrawal of its forces from Afghanistan by 11 September.
"This process cannot and should not turn into a redeployment of US and NATO military infrastructure facilities to countries neighboring the Islamic Republic of Iran, especially to Central Asia. We have already sent such a signal to Washington at various levels, I hope it will be heard," Kabulov said.
The US and its NATO allies launched a military operation in Afghanistan in 2001. It was part of Operation Enduring Freedom, launched in response to the 11 September 2001 attacks. On 1 January 2015 the mission Resolute Support replaced this combat operation.
Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint near the Bagram base in northern Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, April 8, 2020 - Sputnik International, 1920, 02.07.2021
World
US Forces Have Reportedly Left Bagram Base in Afghanistan After Nearly 20 Years
The Biden administration initially promised to complete the troop withdrawal by 11 September. In late June, media report that the US could finish it within days, but up to 1,000 troops could remain to serve as security forces for the US Embassy and the city's airport. The United States had about 2,500 troops in Afghanistan when the withdrawal process began on 1 May.
Earlier in June, the top US general in Afghanistan, Austin Miller, told reporters that Afghanistan may descend into civil war after the formal US withdrawal from the country. The Taliban movement recently launched a successful offensive to seize control of some 100 regional centres, mainly in the northwest of Afghanistan.
Newsfeed
0
To participate in the discussion
log in or register
loader
Chats
Заголовок открываемого материала