KABUL (Pajhwok): Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his support for a key demand of the Taliban, urging Western countries to unfreeze Afghanistan’s financial assets, according to a media report on Thursday.
Speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club in Sochi, Putin said Western countries bear "the main responsibility" for what is happening in Afghanistan.
"The main responsibility for what is happening there is being borne by those countries that have been fighting there for 20 years. And the first thing they should do, in my opinion, is to unfreeze the Afghan assets to give Afghanistan a . . .
