MOSCOW, Nov 29: The Kremlin criticised Nato’s record in Afghanistan on Wednesday, saying the Taliban resistance was the `price to pay’ for a strategy of `courting’ members of the ousted government.

“This Taliban insurgency is the price to pay for the NATO policy ... where there are good and bad Taliban,” said Anatoly Safonov, an anti-terrorism special representative to Russian President Vladimir Putin.

“There are no good Taliban. We are not in agreement with them (Nato) in counting on the Taliban again, in courting them for tactical objectives,” Mr Safonov told the Ria Novosti news agency’.

“For example, there is neither a mandate nor a will for the international armed forces to combat drug trafficking,” he said.—AFP