US complains, Russia supports Taliban, trying to destabilize Afghanistan US officials even accused the Taliban of supplying arms.
However, both Russia and the Taliban have denied this allegation.In an interview given to BBC in March, US commander General John Nicholson in Afghanistan complained that Russian arms smuggled near the Taliban from Tajikistan border area.He alleged that we brought these weapons to the headquarters. Afghan leaders gave us and they said that the Russians gave the Taliban. Some Afghan police and army officers told the BBC that the Taliban had nightglasses, heavy machine guns and small weapons in the Russian equipment.For the last one year, US officials have been accusing Russia about such allegations. In December 2016, General Nicholson first complained against Russia and Iran that they had contact with the Taliban. After this, several high-ranking US officials took the allegation.
