Forum Post: Putin Slaps Down US Effort to Remain in Afghanistan Permanently
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 10, 2011, 11:57 p.m. EST by RutherfordBHayes
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At least someone has the courage to stand up to our government:
Russia will not agree to US military presence in Afghanistan after the expiration of a UN Security Council mandate, Russian envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.
Rogozin told Russian reporters said the United States is pursuing the same tactic in both Afghanistan and Libya by offering training for armed forces of those countries in NATO standards.
"This is only a pretext for preserving their military presence in those counties," Rogozin said.
"This is something we have never agreed with. Afghanistan should be free from foreign interference in its internal affairs, and therefore the coalition forces should only perform the duties mandated by the UN Security Council in 2001," he added.
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