{"id":10771,"date":"2022-06-29T13:50:17","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=10771"},"modified":"2022-06-29T13:50:17","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T13:50:17","slug":"analysts-see-russia-challenging-the-us-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2022\/06\/analysts-see-russia-challenging-the-us-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysts see Russia challenging the US in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

KABUL (SW) –\u00a0Russia is working actively to “normalize” the situation in Afghanistan, President Vladimir Putin said during a visit to neighboring Tajikistan, evoking Moscow’s responsibilities in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are doing everything to normalize the situation [in Afghanistan] and we are trying to build relations with the political forces that control the situation,” Putin said during talks with Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon.<\/p>\n

But their starting point was that Afghanistan’s ethnic groups should take a full part in running the country, he added, in comments broadcast by Russian media.<\/p>\n

“Here, you know best […] what needs to be done to ensure that the situation in the region, in this zone where we have a common responsibility, is stable and threatens no one,” he told Rakhmon.<\/p>\n

This is Putin’s first trip abroad since the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine on February 24, reported Moscow Times.<\/p>\n

Russia\u00a0has a major military base in Tajikistan, one of its allies in the region.<\/p>\n

Tajikistan has a 1,200-kilometer-long border with Afghanistan and Tajik forces regularly clash with Afghan drug smugglers.<\/p>\n

The return to power of the Taliban in Afghanistan last August has led some observers to fear that Tajikistan, the poorest of the former Soviet states, could be destabilized.<\/p>\n

The country remains economically very dependent on\u00a0Russia<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, a number of political analysts say that Putin made the remarks in order to achieve Russia’s specific goals against the US. According to experts, Russia is trying to create a new front against the United States and achieve political and economic goals.<\/p>\n

Wais Naseri, an expert on political issues, dubbed Putin’s remarks about establishing relations with the head of the Islamic Emirate as a political game. “He wants to open a new front in a coalition with the Islamic Emirate against the United States and its allies,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mehdi Afzali, another political analyst, believes that due to the lack of political stability in Afghanistan, Russia can not accept the country as a strategic ally, but is trying to use Afghanistan’s geography to achieve economic goals.<\/p>\n

We wanted to have the view of the Islamic Emirate in connection with the statements of the President of Russia, but our calls were not answered.<\/p>\n

ENDS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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