Afghanistan, Feb. 18 -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has warned against repeating the Afghanistan scenario as the United States and Russia prepare for talks to end the war in Ukraine. He emphasized that Ukraine must be included in negotiations to avoid sidelining its government, as happened with Afghanistan when the U.S. negotiated directly with the Taliban.
In an article published in The Telegraph on Sunday, February 16, Starmer expressed confidence that President Trump also wants to avoid such a situation. He insisted that Ukraine must be at the negotiation table, arguing that excluding Kyiv would validate Putin's stance that Ukraine is not a real nation.
The 2020 U.S.-Taliban agreement led to the withdrawal of American troops fr...