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Experts: Russia Recognizing Taliban Rule in Afghanistan Largely a Symbolic Move

Russia has become the first country to officially recognize the rule of the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Russia Becomes First Country to Recognize Taliban Government

Moscow has taken recent steps to normalize relations with the Taliban authorities, removing them from a list of "terrorist organizations" and accepting...
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Taliban Diplomat to Take Role as Moscow Ambassador

Gul Hassan is the Islamist group's first top envoy to Moscow since it seized power in 2021.
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Russia Builds 4G Network in Afghanistan as Ties With Taliban Deepen

The network was installed in four of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces and will provide mobile service for up to 10 million people.
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Russia Vows to Help Taliban Fight Islamic State in Afghanistan

ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the March 2024 attack on a Moscow concert venue that killed 145 people.
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Russia’s GRU Paid Taliban to Target U.S. Forces in Afghanistan – Insider

Moscow’s total payout to the Taliban through the operation totaled around $30 million, according to a former Afghan intelligence official.
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opinion Ruchi Kumar

Why Russia Doesn’t Think the Taliban Are Terrorists Anymore

Moscow sees the insurgent group as a way of ensuring its trade and security interests in the Central Asian “graveyard of empires.”
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Russia Calls On West to Lift Sanctions on Afghanistan

Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s foreign minister, did not say whether his country would lift its own terrorist designation on the Taliban.
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Afghan Journalist Denied Asylum in Russia Returns to Kabul

“There were many options to leave, from Albania to Germany. But everything required effort, time, money,” her lawyer Maria Belyaeva told journalists...
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Russia Overturns Afghan Journalist’s Deportation Order

Rights groups raised fears that Hassani, who had covered women’s rights on Afghan television, would be imprisoned and tortured if deported to Afghanistan...
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Two Dead in Russian Jet Crash in Afghanistan – Official

"Yesterday evening we found the location of the plane... We rescued the four that were alive. Two people died," Aghan officials said.
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'Four Survivors' After Russian Jet Crashes in Afghan Mountains

The Falcon 10 "disappeared from radar" and communication with it was lost on Saturday evening.
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Russia Hosts Taliban Talks as It Seeks Regional Influence

Since U.S. forces pulled out of Kabul in 2021, Russia and China have taken advantage of the vacuum, holding talks with the Taliban despite deep ideological...
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Two Russian Embassy Staff Killed in Kabul Bombing: Foreign Ministry

A spokesperson for the Afghan Interior Ministry said the Russian embassy was deliberately targeted.

Russia Will Work to 'Normalize' Afghanistan – Putin

"We are trying to build relations with the political forces that control the situation," Putin said during a visit to Tajikistan.

Russia Evacuates More Citizens From Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan

The Defense Ministry will deliver 36 metric tons of humanitarian aid on the evacuation planes.

Russia Urges West to Engage With Taliban

The Russian presidential envoy to Afghanistan said the European Union would be right to re-open its mission in the country.

Russia Lauds Taliban Efforts to Stabilize Afghanistan, Warns on Terrorism

Russia is hosting high-level talks with the Taliban and officials from a number of other countries, including China and Pakistan.

Russia Hosts Taliban for Talks After Warning Against IS Threat

Moscow is hosting talks with the Taliban and officials from 10 countries including China and Pakistan.

IS Fighters Massing in Afghanistan, Says Putin Ahead of Talks

The United States, China and Pakistan will join talks on the Taliban takeover on Tuesday, the Kremlin's envoy to Afghanistan said. 
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