Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin presented a very pessimistic assessment of the situation in Afghanistan in an interview with TASS, yesterday. “On the whole, developments in Afghanistan are unfolding according to a crisis scenario. The situation is getting worse every day, the Taliban movement is taking control of more and more areas of the country and Afghanistan’s future appears to be quite murky,” he said.
“We do maintain contact with many intelligence agencies in the countries of the region, first and foremost, with our friends from Central Asian countries, CIS members, our Chinese colleagues, as well as with our colleagues from Pakistan, India and Iran,” Naryshkin stressed. “We not only share intelligence but also hold expert consultations on how the situation will unfold in the country,” he said.
