Will the Taliban take over Central Asia in April?
The US enemies in Moscow and Tegheran were in vain rejoicing
at the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Russians and Iranians
shot themselves in the foot. Disturbing news comes from Central
Asia. According to sources (
https://bit.ly/3uJKY66) familiar with
the situation, over the past few days, a number of Taliban field
commanders in the Afghan province of Badakhshan have been
discussing the possibility of invading neighboring Tajikistan,
writes Andrey Serenko, head expert of the Center for the Study
of Modern Afghanistan.
According to these Taliban commanders, favorable conditions for
this will arise after the failure of Russia's war in Ukraine. Taliban
commanders are confident that the failure of the Russian operation
in Ukraine will not only demoralize Moscow, but also make it
unlikely to intervene in new armed conflicts that will then arise
in other parts of the post-Soviet space. In other words, according
to the Taliban, if there is an invasion of a significant group of
militants in Tajikistan, Russia is unlikely to be able to support
the official Dushanbe. The Badakhshan Taliban commanders
also believe that the Russians could be urge not to interfere in
the conflict.
10,000 fighters with the latest captured American weapons will
appear in northern Afghanistan in April. These areas border on
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, according to the media
(
https://bit.ly/3wIQlVH). The Taliban are sending additional forces
to the northern and northeastern provinces of Afghanistan. Kari
Fasihuddin Fitrat, Chief of Staff of the Taliban Armed Forces,
wrote about this on Twitter. It is noted that the group will have
the most modern technology of NATO countries. Aviation will
soon support it, Fitrat added. He explained that these troops will
be ready to respond to any challenges. The head of the Russian
Foreign Intelligence Service confirmed that the Taliban will launch
an offensive in April (
https://bit.ly/3qMF3M9).
