Afghanistan, Feb. 16 -- The spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in a session, compared the presence of NATO and the Soviet Union in Afghanistan.

She stated that the former Soviet Union had laid the foundations of Afghanistan's economy by constructing over 140 industrial facilities, while NATO brought the "mother of bombs" into the country.

Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that the Soviet Union had established more than 140 industrial facilities in Afghanistan, which still form the basis of the country's economy.

The spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs added in this session that NATO's twenty-year presence in Afghanistan had brought negative im...