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UN adopts resolution on Afghanistan’s Taliban rule over US objections
The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...
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Russia has been engaging with the Taliban for years. The U.S. withdrawal might give it an opportunity to expand its role. - CBS News
Russian diplomats have also praised the Taliban over the "puppet government" of Ashraf Ghani, the president who fled Afghanistan and resurfaced in the UAE. Russia only partially evacuated its ...
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Russia’s Afghanistan Strategy - Foreign Affairs
Russia’s approach in Afghanistan replicates some of the elements of its successful Syria strategy. Moscow has already launched several efforts at diplomacy. Between December 2016 and April 2017, ...
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How Russia Built a Channel to the Taliban, Once an Enemy
The recent assessment that Russia paid bounties to the insurgents to attack U.S. troops stunned many, but officials said the Kremlin’s outreach began almost a decade ago.
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Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban government
Supreme Court lifted group’s ‘terrorist’ designation in April, as Moscow seeks normalisation in bid for regional clout.
Putin’s World Shrinks: As Ukraine Becomes Russia’s Afghanistan, Allies Walk Away
One by one, old allies are slipping away from Russia’s side. The war in Ukraine, now dragging into its third year, is doing ...