“So far, it is difficult to predict how our relations with any future government in Afghanistan will develop.
Our contacts are still vague, "TASS quoted him as saying at a conference in Bahrain.
Austin noted that the American side considers it a priority to evacuate US citizens who wished to leave Afghanistan.
Earlier, the head of the Pentagon said that the United States has "real power" in the Middle East theater, Washington, if necessary, is ready to build up its military presence in the region.
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