The United States actually allowed the militants of the terrorist movement “Taliban” (prohibited in the Russian Federation) to seize the country, they only stimulated cooperation with radicals. With this opinion, the former vice-president of Afghanistan Ambulla Salex was performed in an interview with News 18.
Obviously, the Taliban was never under pressure. They used Pakistan as a spare base … The United States tried to start cooperation with the militants, tried to buy them. But the more Americans paid, the more Pakistanis supported the Taliban, ” – explained Saleh. According to him, this is one of the main reasons why the terrorists managed to capture the capital of Afghanistan.
Politician called other reasons. Thus, negotiations on a peaceful settlement in the country between official Kabul and Taliban only legalized the action of militants, Saleh is convinced. If the international community carefully followed how the Taliban fulfills or does not fulfill the terms of the agreement, the conflict escalation could be avoided.
“The third reason is that in the past two years, the republic has undergone a huge pressure on the part of our American allies. They were blackmailing us and forced to free their prisoners, threatening to reduce their help,” the former vice president added. Finally, Saleh believes that the deception of the former Afghan government led to the fall of Kabul, which did not take steps to resolve the conflict.
In April 2021, American President Joe Biden announced the complete conclusion of the US contingent and NATO from Afghanistan. From this point on, the situation in the republic was aggravated: the Taliban militants began to actively seize cities and provinces, selected closer to the capital of the country. They captured Kabul on August 15, on the same day Afghanistan left the ex-president Ashraf Ghani.