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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia s top diplomat told Afghanistan s neighbours on Wednesday to refuse to host U.S. or NATO military forces following their withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Kremlin is worried by the risk of Islamist militants spilling into Central Asia from Afghanistan and bristles at the idea of the West gaining a foothold in a region that used to be part of the Soviet Union. We . call on Afghanistan s neighbouring countries not to allow a military presence of U.S. and NATO forces which plan to move there after leaving Afghan territory, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. The diplomat made the remarks in a speech by video link at a conference held in Tehran on Afghanistan attended by China, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Lavrov said it was important to curb and control migration flows from Afghanistan and that criminal and terrorist elements were already trying to enter Afghanistan s neighbours disguised as refugees. Moscow sees the ex-Soviet

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