By Ayaz Gul VOA News October 3, 2024 Islamabad, Pakistan — Russia is set to convene a meeting of regional countries on Friday to discuss, among other issues, the expansion of “practical interaction” with Taliban-governed Afghanistan in political, economic, counterterrorism and counternarcotics areas. Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi will participate as the “chief guest” in what
8am: One analysis suggests that given the developments in the Russia-Ukraine war, Western powers, especially the U.S., may be seeking to exploit al-Qaeda and other Central Asian militant groups to undermine Russian interests. After the September 11 attacks, the U.S. significantly weakened al-Qaeda and eliminated many of its senior leaders, but it either did not
Forbes: Amidst warming ties between its regime and Russia, the Taliban have expressed its intent to build Afghanistan’s air defenses with Russian equipment. And while Moscow has appeared willing to arm the Houthis in Yemen and even Hezbollah in Lebanon with advanced missiles in recent months, it may not prove so willing for the current
Michael Hughes: The CIA claims it established a back channel with the Taliban to cooperate on operations against anti-Western terrorist groups, while suggesting dire warnings of Afghanistan becoming a terrorist sanctuary are overblown. The narrative has been spun harder recently, undeniably for political purposes ahead of a presidential election, but the covert agency’s assertions are
Ariana: Uzbek Prime Minister Abdulla Nigmatovich Aripov said in a meeting with Acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi that he intends to increase diplomatic relations with Afghanistan and may accept the Islamic Emirate’s ambassador in Tashkent in the near future, the ministry said in a statement on Saturday. Click here to read more (external link).
Michael Hughes: Chinese President Xi Jinping at the South Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Astana called on the bloc to boost humanitarian support and efforts to rebuild Afghanistan given its criticality to the region’s security. The remarks come as the Taliban try to reassure the world the regime can crack down on terrorism, including
Afghanistan International: The Afghanistan Freedom Front (AFF) announced that on Tuesday evening, it attacked an outpost of the Taliban’s Ministry of Interior in the Karte Naw area of Kabul. The AFF claims that a Taliban commander had been killed and three other Taliban members were injured in the attack. Click here to read more (external
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 27, 2024 ISLAMABAD — A senior Russian diplomat says Russia’s foreign and justice ministries have told President Vladimir Putin that Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban “can be removed” from the list of Moscow-designated terrorist organizations. Zamir Kabulov, the special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, told state-run TASS news agency Monday that the delisting would
Afghanistan International: The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has “strongly” urged its citizens to avoid traveling to Afghanistan due to an attack on foreign tourists in the country. In a statement, the ministry expressed concern over “terrorist attacks” on foreign tourists in Afghanistan. On Friday evening, May 17, armed assailants attacked foreign tourists and their
Michael Scollon Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 5, 2024 Shortly after the Taliban seized power, Russia addressed the question of whether it was time to review the militant group’s status as a terrorist organization. “It is very important to see what the Taliban’s first steps in governing Afghanistan will be like,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov