Afghanistan
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- Countries
- Afghanistan, Russia
- Categories
- Strategic competition, Terrorism
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Russia may be moving toward formal recognition of Afghanistan’s Taliban government, citing its removal of the Taliban from Russia’s terrorist-organization list.
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Russia moving toward recognition of Taliban government
Russia may be moving toward formal recognition of Afghanistan’s Taliban government, citing its removal of the Taliban from Russia’s terrorist-organization list.
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Russia moving toward recognition of Taliban government
No country has formally recognized the Taliban government, but Russia seems to be moving in that direction.
Russia may be moving toward formal recognition of Afghanistan’s Taliban government, citing its removal of the Taliban from Russia’s terrorist-organization list.
Open source reportRussia offers Taliban authorities help against Islamic State-Khorasan
Russia will help the Taliban government fight their "common enemy" of Islamic State-Khorasan... Russia "will provide our best assistance to the authorities of [Afghanistan] through specialised structures."
A former Russian ambassador said Moscow would provide unspecified assistance to Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities against Islamic State-Khorasan. Russia recently removed the Taliban from its terrorist-organization list.
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