well great news, but This time in power is not Obama anymore, and Putin plays against the new administration. does Trump knows about it? if yes, what will be Trump´s reaction to this? or he doesn't trust to his generals, much he doesn't trust to free press, FBI, CIA, etc. " The top U.S. general in Europe said on Thursday that he had seen Russian influence on Afghan Taliban insurgents growing and raised the possibility that Moscow was helping supply the militants, whose reach is expanding in southern Afghanistan. "I've seen the influence of Russia of late - increased influence in terms of association and perhaps even supply to the Taliban," Army General Curtis Scaparrotti, who is also NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. He did not elaborate on what kinds of supplies might be headed to the Taliban or how direct Russia's role might be. Moscow has been critical of the United States over its handling of the war in Afghanistan, where the Soviet Union fought a bloody and disastrous war of its own in the 1980s. ... According to U.S. estimates, government forces control less than 60 percent of Afghanistan, with almost half the country either contested or under control of the insurgents, who are seeking to reimpose Islamic law after their 2001 ouster. Underlying the insurgents' growing strength, Taliban fighters have captured the strategic district of Sangin in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, officials said on Thursday. The top U.S. commander in the country, General John Nicholson, said last month that Afghanistan was in a "stalemate" and that thousands more international troops would be needed to boost the existing NATO-led training and advisory mission. "http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-russia-idUSKBN16U234
They are describing a classic "Failed State." A stalemate is exactly what the US wants, because it requires the US to maintain a troop presence in Afghanistan until military action against Iran is initiated.
Moskals must be butthurt, since they had their arses handed to them in astan, let them go in again, this time the Russian federation will fall apart!
The American general is an idiot. He blames the Russians for allegedly helping the organization "The Taliban", created by the US government. It is amazing.
