Russia said on Sunday U.S. lawmakers’ support for $60.84 billion more in aid for Ukraine showed that Washington was wading much deeper into a hybrid war against Moscow that would end in humiliation on a par with the Vietnam or Afghanistan conflicts.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said it was clear that the United States wanted Ukraine “to fight to the last Ukrainian” including with attacks on Russian sovereign territory and civilians, Reuters reported.

“Washington’s deeper and deeper immersion in the hybrid war against Russia will turn into a loud and humiliating fiasco for United States such as Vietnam and Afghanistan,” Zakharova said.

Russia, she said, will give “an unconditional and resolute response” to the U.S. move to get more involved in the Ukraine war.

The United States lost more than 58,000 military personnel in the 1955-75 Vietnam War, which ended with Communist North Vietnam’s victory and takeover of the South, while hundreds of thousands of civilians were killed.

In the 2001-2021 war in Afghanistan, the U.S. reported 2,459 dead and over 20,000 wounded in the conflict which ended with the withdrawal of U.S.-led coalition forces and return to power of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA).

Iran’s special representative for Afghanistan, Hasan Kazemi Qomi, said on Sunday that water is an important factor in the expansion of bilateral relations, expressing hope that the flow of water to his country will continue.

Qomi said this in a meeting with Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul, the ministry said in a statement.

The envoy expressed gratitude for removing obstacles to the flow of water from the Helmand River to Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran.

Meanwhile, Muttaqi noted that there were good rains in the country this year, as a result of which, after several years of severe drought, Helmand River’s water flowed to Nimroz province of Afghanistan and into Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran.

He assessed the relations between Afghanistan and Iran as “friendly and positive” and hoped relations will expand further in various fields.

During the meeting, Iran’s envoy also thanked the Islamic Emirate for its stance on Israel’s attacks on Gaza and for having condemned the attack on the Iranian consulate in Damascus.

Mawlawi Abdul Kabir, political deputy prime minister, told a visiting delegation from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Sunday that female government employees have not been dismissed, but still receive their salaries while at home.

According to a statement released by Arg, Abdul Kabir emphasized the need for continued humanitarian aid to Afghans and said that he expects OIC to play a positive role in the expansion of Afghanistan’s relations with other countries.

He pointed out that the Islamic Emirate has eliminated Daesh in Afghanistan in less than three years and does not allow anyone to use Afghanistan’s soil against other countries.

Abdul Kabir said that a fully Islamic and independent government is ruling Afghanistan, and wants good relations with all countries, especially Islamic countries. He also said the government wants to increase cooperation, engagement and stability in the region.

He added that Afghanistan has religious, cultural, historical and political commonalities with Islamic countries and it is expected that cooperation in various fields will continue in order to strengthen these commonalities.

Abdul Kabir invited investors of the Islamic world to invest in Afghanistan, to take advantage of the existing opportunities, stating there has been a lot of progress in Afghanistan in less than three years.

He pointed out that according to the decree of the supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate, *Baad practice, depriving women of their inheritance and forced marriages are prohibited. He said this decree is enforced.

Referring to the Gaza crisis, Abdul Kabir said that Islamic countries should continue to support the oppressed Palestinians and not allow this scenario to be repeated in other parts of the Islamic world.

Tariq Ali Bakheet OIC’s Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian, Cultural, Family and Social Affairs and special envoy for Afghanistan assured the IEA that the Islamic world and the OIC are committed to helping and cooperating with Afghanistan, adding a fund has been set up in this regard, according to the Arg’s statement.

He emphasized that the OIC does not have a secret agenda for Afghanistan, but seeks to pave the ground for helping Afghans and for Afghanistan’s engagement with the world.

The envoy appreciated the efforts of the Islamic Emirate in the fight against Daesh, adding that the efforts of the Islamic Emirate in launching infrastructure projects and strengthening Afghanistan’s economy are remarkable.

He emphasized that Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, which have concerns in some areas, should talk closely with the Islamic Emirate to solve them.

*Baad: a method of settlement and compensation whereby a female from a criminal’s family is given to the victim’s family as a servant or a bride.