The Pentagon has reacted to the use of Russian bases for operations in Afghanistan
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Russia had offered to help use its bases in Central Asia for US counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan, but the Americans themselves had not made that request.
According to Sputnik, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, in response to a question about the possibility of using Russian military bases in Central Asia for counter-terrorism operations in Afghanistan, said: “As far as I know, this issue in “The conversation between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden was about Putin offering to help.”
“We do not want anything from Russia and we have no request,” he added.
According to US media reports, the issue of Russian bases was discussed during a recent meeting between the Chief of General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces and the Chief of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces in Helsinki.
“We need to understand that the Taliban were and still are a terrorist group and that they have not cut ties with al-Qaeda,” Gen. Mark Milli told a Senate Defense Committee hearing today.