Czech President Zeman: Taliban's coming to power could provoke terrorist attacks in Europe
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The capitulation of NATO in Afghanistan led to the creation of “Afghan Munich”, which negatively affected international security. This was stated by the President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman in an address to the citizens of the country, RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
According to the politician, the coming to power in Afghanistan of the radical Taliban movement ( banned in Russia ) may provoke an increase in migration flows from the country. However, the greatest danger is posed by possible terrorist attacks in Europe, the scale of which will be comparable to the attack on the World Trade Center buildings in 2001.
Earlier, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyjarto called 20 years of NATO's mission to maintain national security in Afghanistan “a failure.” According to the diplomat, the alliance had plans to provide financial assistance to maintain the national security of Afghanistan and the defense forces until 2024, “but even before the final withdrawal of NATO troops from the country, it turned out that all” plans collapsed. “
On August 15, the Taliban took control of the entire territory of Afghanistan amid the withdrawal of American troops from the country. The evacuation of American troops and a diplomatic mission from Afghanistan officially ended on August 31, 2021.
