A senior official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said that the United States and Russia’s tensions over the Ukraine could spill over into Afghanistan which according to him will have “negative repercussions” for the country. 
 
The remarks were made by Hekmat Khalil Karzai, the Deputy Foreign Minister, who addressed an event on Afghanistan’s foreign policy at Afghanistan Law and Political Studies Organization in Kabul on Tuesday. 
 
“The tensions are slowly moving from Ukraine toward Afghanistan. It will be a bad situation for Afghanistan when the tensions officially begin in Afghanistan,” said Karzai. “Our goal should be to once again strengthen the consensus that Afghanistan’s stability should be important for Russia even now,” he said.
 
Karzai has been a main member of Afghan delegation’s visits to Pakistan under the National Unity Government. He said Afghanistan should not expect Pakistan to help the Afghan peace process.
 
According to him, Kabul should not expect Beijing to put pressure on Pakistan to help the Afghan peace process.
 
In this episode host Zarmina Mohammadi discusses the topic with Jamaluddin Badar, a political analyst.