Russian presidential envoy: full-blown crisis observed in Afghanistan

MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. Afghanistan is experiencing a full-blown crisis that threatens its statehood, Russian Presidential Representative for Afghanistan, Director of the 2nd Asia Department at Russia’s Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov said on Tuesday. "The situation is also aggravated by the fact that the load of unresolved problems kept growing over several years," the envoy said. The situation that has developed in that country gives us the grounds "to speak about a full-blown crisis that threatens Afghan statehood. The national unity government was a compromise between two conflicting camps," the Russian presidential envoy said. "We see the growing influence of Taliban and other extremist forces," the Russian diplomat said. "This combat season promises to be especially hot this year. Taliban fighters are using a new strategy and they have kept forces inside Afghanistan. They are setting the task of strengthening control over the country’s’ large regions," the diplomat said. Read more