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State Department: Russia, Iran a threat to Afghanistan

By Joel Gehrke
Published February 6, 2018 6:49pm ET
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State Department: Russia, Iran a threat to Afghanistan
Iranian and Russian operations in Afghanistan also recall their cooperation in Syria, where they have fought to prop up Syrian President Bashar Assad. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) | AP

Russia and Iran might undermine Afghanistan’s central government by supporting the Taliban and other local forces, U.S. officials fear.

“The Russian influence has not been welcome,” Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan, the second-highest ranking U.S. diplomat, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday.

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