U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis expressed concern over Russia’s activities in Afghanistan. He speculated if there were weapons deals or material support reaching Taliban fighters from Russia.
There is no clear evidence of either, but Mattis voiced his outlook in a meeting with British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon.
“I’m not willing to say at this point, if this has manifested into weapons and that sort of thing but certainly what they are up to there in light of their other activities gives us concern.”
In the 1980s occupation of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union resulted in 2 million civilian deaths.
