Dragana Trifkovic Regnum
"Terrorists will not stop us," said US President Joe Biden of the White House after a series of explosions caused bloodshed at Kabul airport. Among the dead were thirteen American soldiers. The images from the airport in Afghanistan were horrifying, but no less frightening than the previously seen scenes of people falling off an American transport plane in flight.
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has led to a strengthening of the Taliban and uncertainty in the region, which Russia, China, India, Pakistan and Iran keep a watchful eye on, especially as neighboring countries, such as Russia in Tajikistan, have military bases, open or hidden defense partnerships, as well as great ambitions in the economy.
Experts from all meridians agree that the great powers fear the destabilization of this belt in Central Asia, but that they also have great hopes for the new situation.
