Afghan leader says U.S. bases depend on neighbors | Reuters: "Russia has urged the United States not to establish long-term military bases in Afghanistan
, suggesting that even discussing the subject could undermine peace efforts and anger Afghanistan's neighbors.Often-uneasy ties between Afghanistan's government and its main Western backers have become even more tense of late over a bank corruption scandal, a ban on private security contractors, election fraud and decision by the Afghan government to take over the running of women's shelters.
That deteriorating relationship comes at the same time as Russia tries to increase its influence in Afghanistan, where Soviet troops fought a disastrous Cold War conflict that was followed by civil war in Afghanistan and contributed to the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991."
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