Analysis: For Russia, U.S. Afghan exit creates security threat on southern flank - Reuters

9:18am PDT - July 8th, 2021    social security - Reuters

The U.S. exit from Afghanistan is a headache for Moscow which fears spiralling fighting may push refugees into its Central Asian backyard, create a jihadist threat and even stir civil war in one ex-Soviet state, a former Russian diplomat and two analysts said.