MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden had been right to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan, a move that allowed the Taliban to seize power in a lightning offensive in August.
Russia is one of several powers backing the idea of a United Nations donor conference to help Afghanistan stave off economic collapse and a humanitarian catastrophe.
(Reporting by Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber; Writing by Alexander Marrow; Editing by Andrew Osborn)
