‘Alarming yet predictable’: Kabulov notes Moscow’s forecast on Afghanistan after U.S. Troops Withdrawal Starts

What is unfolding in Afghanistan is alarming, yet Moscow had foreseen this course of events, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan and Director of the Foreign Ministry’s Second Asian Department Zamir Kabulov stated on Monday. “It is alarming yet predictable. What we’ve forecasted is happening,” he said in response to a corresponding question. Afghanistan’s security situation deteriorated significantly in April after Joe Biden announced that the American armed forces’ operation there was coming to an end. As of July 6, the U.S. completed the withdrawal of its troops by more than 90%. Other NATO countries and their partners have been…