Russia, Nato, Are Cooperating In Afghanistan, But Their Reasons Why Are Different

Afghanistan War Memorial, Yekaterinburg, Russia

Russia May Suspend Support To NATO's Afghanistan
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Brussels, Sep 4 : Russia's envoy to the NATO has said that Moscow may suspend cooperation with the military alliance on Afghanistan over the recent Georgia crisis.

Speaking at a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels late Wednesday, ambassador Dmitry Rogozin said, "Future cooperation (in Afghanistan) will depend on the alliance's position in the Caucasus crisis".

"We are not satisfied either with NATO's words or actions," he said.

Russia has already suspended all peacekeeping operations with NATO for at least six months and has frozen its participation in NATO's Partnership for Peace programme.

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My Comment: Russia is having a drug problem that is not isolated to alcohol. They are "supporting NATO operations in Afghanistan only because Russia was concerned by the worsening military and political situation in the country amid a rise in extremism and drug production".

In short .... if Afghanistan fractures with the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies in power, it will only be a matter of time before Russia is faced with jihad and Al Qaeda terrorism.