Russia Seeks Afghan War Role as NATO Deaths Climb
Russia is seeking a role in planning NATO’s war in Afghanistan two decades after Soviet forces were ejected from the country.As East-West ties improve under President Barack Obama, Russia wants to be involved in setting the political, military and intelligence strategy for the war against the Taliban, said Dmitry Rogozin, Russian ambassador to the alliance.“We want to be inside,” Rogozin said, in English, in an interview in Brussels today. He spoke for the rest of the hour- long session through a Russian translator....