Khaama: Zamir Kabulov, the Russian Presidential Envoy to Afghanistan, said that the Taliban’s participation in the Kazan Forum “absolutely did not mean” its recognition from Russia. The Russian envoy also said that the UN Security Council does not sanction the Taliban delegation that participated in the Russia-Islamic World Kazan forum event. The Taliban delegation, prohibited
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS May 5, 2023 Foreign ministers from several states during the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) ministerial firmly expressed concerns over the Taliban’s inability to stem the terrorist tide in Afghanistan, although barbs, some quite vicious, exchanged between India’s top diplomat and his Pakistani counterpart seized the headlines, potentially diluting the impact of the
Tolo News: The Russian foreign ministry’s spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, in a press conference claimed that the the US deliberately left weapons in Afghanistan, and “now they are destabilizing the situation because terrorists may get hold of them.” Speaking at the press conference, Zakharova said that “we will not be surprised if these weapons soon surface
Ayaz Gul VOA News April 13, 2023 ISLAMABAD — Uzbekistan is hosting a conference Thursday of foreign ministers of regional countries, including Russia and China, to review the situation and cooperation with Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. The event in the Uzbek city of Samarkand comes as the United Nations reviews its presence in the strife-torn South Asian nation
Mehr News Agency (Iran): Russia’s most extensive military base is stationed in the cities of Dushanbe and Bokhtar, and according to the agreement signed in October 2012, the military bases in Tajikistan will remain through 2042. The military maneuver came after the security concerns expressed by the Russian envoy and the Collective Security Treaty Organization
Ariana: Russia’s consulate in northern Mazar-e-Sharif has reopened after almost two years, Russia’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov said Monday. Speaking to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency, Kabulov said Alexey Pereverzev had been appointed as consulate general to the mission in Mazar. Click here to read more (external link). Related Muttaqi confident Taliban will
Reuters: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led administration has set up a consortium of companies, including some in Russia, Iran, and Pakistan, to create an investment plan focusing on power, mining, and infrastructure, the acting commerce minister, Nooruddin Azizi, said on February 22. The consortium included 14 Afghan businessmen and the Commerce Ministry had signed a memorandum of understanding
Ayaz Gul VOA News February 15, 2023 ISLAMABAD — The chief diplomat in Afghanistan’s ruling Islamist Taliban has rejected as baseless Russia’s allegations that thousands of Islamic State militants have gathered in northern Afghanistan and threaten the stability of the Central Asian region. “How come thousands of such people are concentrated in one place and still
Khaama: Thirty-four years ago, on February 15, 1989, the last Soviet Soldier crossed the Afghan-Soviet border ending one of the bloodiest wars in the history of Afghanistan. Today, 15 February, has been declared a holiday to mark the anniversary of the withdrawal of former Soviet forces from the country. The former Soviet Union sent thousands
Michael Hughes: The U.S. handed Afghanistan back to the Taliban to end America’s role in the war, knowing full well that doing so would make the country seem even more comfy to jihadist groups. So long as Afghan-based terrorists did not target the U.S. homeland, Washington could care less about other scenarios. If, for instance,