Participants in the consultations on Afghanistan called on the international community to increase humanitarian aid to the country and not to politicize it. This was stated in the joint statement made after the meeting. website Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
The document states that the meeting participants confirmed their readiness to continue humanitarian support to the people of Afghanistan and called on the international community to begin providing urgent humanitarian aid to the people and confirmed the inadmissibility of politicizing humanitarian aid.
Iran, Pakistan and other countries in the region, which host millions of Afghan refugees, were also thanked.
At the beginning of August 2021, the Islamist radical religious and political movement “Taliban” (an organization banned in Russia) intensified its attack on Afghan government forces, entering Kabul on August 15 and announcing the end of the war the next day. Within two weeks, citizens of Western countries and local residents cooperating with them were actively evacuated. On the night of August 31, the US military left Kabul airport, ending almost 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan.
Previously in Russia named Shortcomings of the current Afghan government.