Moscow lambasts US refusal to take part in conference on Afghanistan

TASS: Russian Politics & Diplomacy - Moscow lambasts US refusal to take part in conference on Afghanistan as ‘hypocrisy’: 

"We were sorry to learn from a statement by the US Department of State that the Americans refuse to take part in a Moscow format meeting on September 4. Aside from them, representatives of Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, Iran, India and five Central Asian countries have been invited to take part in it," the ministry said. "The American side’s decision once again highlights the hypocrisy of Washington’s peace rhetoric towards Afghanistan."