“This is a disaster and a nightmare for the Afghan people and for the trust of the West in the world.

Where were our intelligence agencies, which could not foresee this.

I am sure that even the Taliban * could not have foreseen this, ”TASS quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the suspension of assistance to Afghanistan due to the lack of clarity with the status of power in the country.

The radical Taliban will not get the resources of the financial institution.

* "Taliban" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of February 14, 2003.