Афганский зной

[tijd.livejournal.com]

Об Афганистан сломали зубы Британская империя, непобедимая Советская Армия (убившая миллион местных жителей), а теперь и войска НАТО во главе с США.

Объявляя о продолжении афганской войны, Трамп раскритиковал Пакистан.

For its part, Pakistan often gives safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror. The threat is worse because Pakistan and India are two nuclear-armed states whose tense relations threaten to spiral into conflict. And that could happen. <...> No partnership can survive a country’s harboring of militants and terrorists who target U.S. service members and officials. It is time for Pakistan to demonstrate its commitment to civilization, order and to peace.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/world/asia/trump-speech-afghanistan.html



Он, однако, ни словом не упомянул другую ядерную державу, которая протянула щупальца в конфликт. В конце декабря 2015, по информации британской Sunday Times, состоялась тайная встреча между Путиным и главой Талибана Муллой Мансуром для обсуждения возможной помощи Талибану от России деньгами и оружием.

A SENIOR Afghan militant commander has claimed that Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, held an unpublicised meeting with Mullah Akhtar Mansour, the current Taliban chief, to discuss possible Russian support for the insurgents who in recent weeks have been advancing through territory once held by British forces. <...> A Taliban commander told The Sunday Times that his group had been promised Russian arms and financial support only weeks before a resurgence in violence that has seen key districts in the southern province of Helmand fall under Taliban control.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/taliban-gain-putins-help-at-secret-meeting-md9lbkhvl2h

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