The first deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan Farod Arziev called the “Taliban” radical movement (prohibited in Russia) the indisputable factor of society in Afghanistan. About this August 26 reports RIA Novosti.
“Taliban” came to power in Afghanistan, and it can be said that they fully control the country, “Arziev said during the speech in the Senate of Uzbekistan.
Deputy Foreign Ministry noted that Tashkent has been supporting contacts with representatives of the movement for several years. “And, of course, we consider the” Taliban “as an indisputable factor of Afghan society,” said Arziev.
he added that Uzbekistan supports the formation of a government in Afghanistan, which will take into account the interests of all political forces.
Earlier it was reported that Uzbekistan temporarily posted about 650 Afghan army soldiers who escaped the Taliban authorities in the COVID center near the local military landfill.
Taliban began an offensive in Afghanistan against the background of the withdrawal of American troops. On August 15, the militants declared that they control the entire territory of the country.