This was stated by Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Anna Evstigneeva.

She noted that “new challenges have been added to long-standing problems that have not been resolved by the corrupt regime of President Ashraf Ghani, who was ousted in 2021,” she said.

Responsibility for the actual collapse of the country, as well as for the consequences of their inglorious military campaign, our American colleagues ... hastened to completely lay on the shoulders of the de facto authorities and continue to do so now, blackmailing the population with humanitarian aid, ”TASS quotes Yevstigneeva.

Earlier, the Russian ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, said that the Americans froze Afghan banking assets in a predatory manner.

Special Representative of the President of Russia for Afghanistan, Director of the Second Department of Asia of the Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov said that the Russian authorities had given permission to increase the staff of the Afghan embassy in the country.