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Putin: We don't want Afghan militants in Russia

President Vladimir Putin on Sunday rejected the idea of sending people evacuation from Afghanistan to countries near Russia, saying he did not want "militants showing up here under cover of refugees", Russian news agencies reported.

Putin criticised the idea of some Western countries relocating refugees from Afghanistan to neighbouring Central Asian countries while their visas to the United States and Europe are being processed...

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