Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 21, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is considering removing the Taliban from its list of extremist organizations as it expands engagement with the new rulers in Kabul. The comments during a meeting of the Valdai Discussion Club on October 21 come a day after Russia hosted a high-level
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 20, 2021 Russia is hosting a high-level Taliban delegation for talks attended by officials from China, Pakistan, and eight other countries, as Moscow seeks to assert its influence on Central Asia amid worries about instability or violence spilling from Afghanistan into the region. The October 20 conference in Moscow is
Tolo News: The Islamic Emirate hopes the Moscow conference will pave the ground for an improvement of the political and economic relations with other countries and the recognition of the current government. Click here to read more (external link). Related Karzai Says Taliban’s International Recognition Requires Internal Legitimacy
Patsy Widakuswara VOA News October 16, 2021 WHITE HOUSE — U.S. officials and independent analysts reacted skeptically Friday to a Taliban claim that China is ready to invest billions of dollars in Afghanistan. White House press secretary Jen Psaki indicated the United States is more concerned with helping the Afghan people as the nation’s economy collapses
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 15, 2021 Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 said the Islamic State (IS) militant group has thousands of fighters in northern Afghanistan, as Moscow prepares to host international talks next week on the situation in the country. “According to our intelligence, the number of (IS) members alone in northern
Michael Hughes AOPNEWS October 13, 2021 Several Central Asia states have evidence the United States is playing a “destructive” role in the region in the wake of the U.S. troop exit from Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergei Naryshkin said on Wednesday at a virtual meeting with counterparts from the Commonwealth of Independent
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 7, 2021 Russia’s special envoy to Afghanistan said that Taliban representatives have been invited to Moscow for talks later this month on the country’s future. Zamir Kabulov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying that the talks were planned for October 20 but did not provide further details. Asked
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service October 1, 2021 Russia has urged Tajikistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan to take “mutually acceptable measures” to resolve tensions along the Tajik-Afghan border amid reports of an increased military build-up on both sides. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has refused to recognize the Taliban-led government and condemned the militant group for alleged human rights
Financial Times: Ahmad Massoud, the leader of Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front and the son of Soviet-era resistance leader Ahmad Shah Massoud, Amrullah Saleh, the former vice-president and self-declared acting president, and Abdul Latif Pedram, the leader of the National congress party of Afghanistan, have all been given protection in Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital. Click here to
VOA News September 25, 2021 UNITED NATIONS — International recognition of the Taliban “at the present juncture is not on the table,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday at the United Nations. Among the Taliban’s promises are ensuring an inclusive government; respecting human rights, especially for women; and preventing Afghanistan from becoming a haven for