British newspaper the Times reported that he had received from members of the Taliban and Afghan officials information that Russia is financing the military operations of the Taliban against NATO in Afghanistan. According to the newspaper, Russia is supplying the Taliban petroleum products and also provides financial assistance.
The report States that the Russian intelligence service sent whole fleets of fuel tankers to Afghanistan through the border crossing Hairatan (border with Uzbekistan) the company, acting on behalf of the Taliban. Profits from the sale of fuel monthly is $ 2.5 million and is transmitted directly to the rebels.
«We don’t like to get money from the Russians,» said one of the Taliban treasurers to the edition. «But it is necessary at this stage of our Jihad.»
In response to the received data, the government of Afghanistan turned to Russia with a statement that Russia should support the Afghan government.
«This is wrong. Did Russia or not, it’s wrong and it’s not in Russia’s favor. Russia is a friend of Afghanistan, not the enemy, and it must support the Afghan security forces and defense», — said the representative of the Ministry of defense dawlat Vaziri.
Meanwhile, several members of Parliament said that Russia is trying to take over the management of the war in the region.
Not delayed response to accusations from the Russian foreign Ministry. In the Department of information Ministry called the publication «a fraud» aimed at «diverting the attention of the international community from the power of NATO policy in Afghanistan.»
«The article will be placed in the section «Examples of publications, replicated false information about Russia,» the Russian foreign Ministry website as an example of another disinformation spread by the Western media,» — said in a statement the foreign Ministry. «Russia consistently pursues a policy of assistance to the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.»
Russia advised the journalists to pay attention to more vivid evidence of abuse in Afghanistan, having a strong evidence base.
