Russia intends to strike the Taliban in Afghanistan with Tu-22M3 long-range bombers.

Russia intends to use its long-range supersonic Tu-22M3 bombers for strikes against Taliban terrorists (a terrorist movement banned in Russia - ed.) In case of such a request. Despite the fact that at the moment there is a certain dialogue between the Russian side and the Taliban, if terrorists try to cross the border of neighboring states that are allies of Russia, the militants will be hit immediately. At the same time, with a high degree of probability, all jihadist forces located in the border regions of Afghanistan will be destroyed.

Despite the fact that the Taliban show no interest in attacking neighboring countries, the Russian military is ready to attack the militants using military aircraft at the first request from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan or Turkmenistan.

“The Taliban terrorists came to power in Afghanistan, but this does not mean that Russia's position has changed in any way in relation to this terrorist movement. Any attack on Russian allies in the region will lead to immediate strikes, and if it is necessary to destroy a hundred militants, a hundred will be destroyed, if we are talking about thousands of terrorists, thousands will be destroyed ”, - the expert marks.

It should be noted that the Taliban are also probably aware of such a position of Russia and therefore do not go to any provocations, actively using negotiations with the Russian side.