MOSCOW (HRNW) – Russian President Vladimir Putin urged his country Sunday to prevent an influx of refugees from Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, saying militants could enter under the guise of seeking asylum.
“Our Western partners are persistently raising the question of placing refugees in Central Asian countries before obtaining visas to the United States or other countries,” he told a meeting of officials of the ruling United Russia party.
“But who is among these refugees? How can we know?”
He estimated that “hundreds, even hundreds of thousands, or maybe even millions” of people might want to flee Afghanistan.
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