MADRID: Pope Francis has criticized Western involvement recently in Afghanistan as an external effort to impose democracy – even though he did it citing Vladimir Putin Russia while thinking he quoted Germany Angela Merkel.
Asked during a radio interview that was aired on Wednesday about new political maps formed in Afghanistan after the United States and his allies withdrew from the Taliban-controlled country after 20 years of war, the Pope said he would answer with a quote associated with the German Chancellor’s quotation, which he described as “ One of the biggest political figures in the world.
” ” It is necessary to stop irresponsible policies to enforce its own value to others and try to build democracy in other countries based on models of historical, ethnic and religious problems and fully ignore other people’s traditions, “Pope said, use its own translation into Spanish.
But those words were said last month by the President of Russia before Merkel, during his visit to Moscow.
During the meeting on August 20, Putin with spicy criticized west above Afghanistan, saying that the rapid sweep of the Taliban across the country had shown the vanity of Western efforts to enforce the vision of democracy itself.
Merkel, meanwhile, urged Russia to use her contacts with the Taliban to suppress Afghans who helped Germany be allowed to leave Afghanistan.
Pope’s interview with Spain Cadena Cope took place at the Vatican last weekend.
The radio station owned by the Spanish Catholic bishop conference aired talks on Wednesday and said that the contents had been examined by the Pope himself.
Francis also said that “ all possibilities were not taken into account “at the departure of Western allies from Afghanistan.
“ I don’t know whether there will be any revisions (from what happens during withdrawal), but there are many cheats from new authorities (from Afghanistan), “said The Pope.
“ Either it or too much ingenuity.
If not, I don’t understand.
“Francis called for Christians throughout the world to be involved in ‘prayer, redemption and fasting’ ‘in the face of an event in Afghanistan.