
US achieved ‘zero’ in Afghanistan, says Russian President Vladimir Putin
India Today
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised the United States' involvement in Afghanistan, stating that the US has achieved "zero" in the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised the United States' involvement in Afghanistan, charging that its 20-year-long military presence in the country has achieved “zero.” Putin said Wednesday that for 20 years, the US military in Afghanistan “was trying ... to civilise the people who live there, to introduce their norms and standards of life in the broadest sense of the word, including the political organisation of society.”
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