Image copyright AP Image caption Russia may be supplying the Taliban in Afghanistan, a US general has saidRussia has denied a top Nato general`s allegation it may be secretly sending supplies to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Gen Curtis Scaparrotti told lawmakers in Washington on Thursday that Moscow was "perhaps" supplying the extremist group.
Russia has previously said its limited contact with the Taliban is aimed at bringing them to the negotiating table.
The comments came a month after the US commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan said Russia was encouraging the Taliban and providing them with diplomatic cover in a bid to undermine US influence and defeat Nato.
But Mr Kabulov told RIA Novosti state news agency on Friday: "These fabrications are designed, as we have repeatedly underlined, to justify the failure of the US military and politicians in the Afghan campaign.
Gen Curtis Scaparrotti told lawmakers in Washington on Thursday that Moscow was "perhaps" supplying the extremist group.
Russia has previously said its limited contact with the Taliban is aimed at bringing them to the negotiating table.
The comments came a month after the US commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan said Russia was encouraging the Taliban and providing them with diplomatic cover in a bid to undermine US influence and defeat Nato.
But Mr Kabulov told RIA Novosti state news agency on Friday: "These fabrications are designed, as we have repeatedly underlined, to justify the failure of the US military and politicians in the Afghan campaign.
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