Izvestia reports that Federation Council member Alexei Pushkov called the US a losing superpower in connection with calls for withdrawing a military contingent from Afghanistan.

The Russian senator noted that George W. Bush started the war, and Barack Obama promised to complete it, but did not do so.

He noted that as a result, President Donald Trump remained "at the shattered trough".

The media previously published excerpts from the appeal of the Taliban terrorist group to President Donald Trump. In the appeal, the militants proposed to the leader of the United States to completely withdraw American troops from Afghanistan.

State Department spokesman Heather Nauert later stated that she was familiar with the contents of the letter. She refused to comment on it, since it is connected with the military actions of the Taliban.