# Russia’s top security official rejects NATO infrastructure returning to Afghanistan

https://mins.news/en/item/87923

- TASS, 2026-10-06 12:19 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2198145

> Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu said Western discussions about restoring US and NATO military infrastructure and facilities in Afghanistan were “absolutely unacceptable.” He said the West appeared to have learned nothing from history and blamed the country’s tense humanitarian situation on what he called two decades of the West’s “irresponsible presence.”

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