Russia 'Gave Finger' To Taliban's 2001 Alliance Offer -- RIA Novosti
Russia gave the Taliban "the finger" when the Islamist Afghan regime proposed in 2001 that Russia join in an anti-U.S. alliance, former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov told BBC in a documentary broadcast on Thursday.
In the first episode of the four-part BBC documentary, “Putin, Russia & the West,” Ivanov, who headed the Defense Ministry in 2001-2007, said that several days after the start of the 2001 NATO’s military operation in Afghanistan, the Taliban proposed that Russia unite in the effort against the United States.
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My Comment: This tells me that the Taliban were desperate if they made this proposal .... they knew that they were losing. As for the Russian response .... it will be a cold day in hell before Russia would even contemplate such an alliance.
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