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During talks between Russian officials and Taliban representatives days later, the Taliban's Shahabuddin Delwar promised to keep the border secure.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)SHAHABUDDIN DELWAR: We would not allow anyone, any individual, any entity to use the side of Afghanistan against the neighboring country.MAYNES: Yet the Kremlin is taking few chances.(SOUNDBITE OF TANKS RATTLING)MAYNES: Last week, it deployed Russian tanks and troops alongside Tajik forces for military exercises along the Afghan border. Yet Kremlin officials are also pushing back against comparisons between the Soviet defeat and the unfolding chaos following the American exit from Afghanistan.(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)KABULOV: (Speaking Russian).MAYNES: In his radio interview, Kremlin envoy Zamir Kabulov dismissed what he said were American press efforts equating the two wars.
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