Movie Movement “Taliban” (a terrorist organization prohibited in Russia) for at least the last one and a half years hit Afghan officials. They bought weapons from them and negotiated their surrender in advance, with reference to sources in the USA and Afghanistan reports The Washington Post.
According to the publication, such transactions were concluded from the beginning of 2020 – since the United States announced the conclusion of troops from Afghanistan over the next 14 months. Local authorities and security officers were demoralized by the prospect of the care of the Americans, and many of them decided to stand in advance towards the Taliban. Some went for it for money.
It is noted that the transactions were more likely under the guise of the cease-fire agreements and were held both at the level of the heads of small settlements and at the level of the governors of the country’s entire provinces. When the Taliban began the offensive, these treaties in some cases allowed them to take the territory without a fight.
On August 15, the Taliban entered Kabul and announced the complete control over Afghanistan and the end of the Civil War. President Ashraf Ghani and a number of government members left the country – they explained this desire to avoid bloodshed. Currently, the state management is carried out by a temporary advice, which later will give the power of the Taliban.