Vladimir Putin comments on situation in Afghanistan
The Russian president, speaking by video link today at the Collective Security Treaty Organization summit, commented on the situation in Afghanistan, RT reported
“Immediately after the hasty, to put it mildly, withdrawal of US troops and their allies from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s coming to power*, you and I at an extraordinary CSTO summit exchanged views on the dangers associated with the radically changed situation in that country”, – the Russian leader said.
Putin noted that in the current circumstances, the closest coordination and unity of member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization is needed more than ever.