Russia has granted accreditation to the Taliban government's first representative who has been working in Moscow since February. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying on Thursday the Taliban's diplomat became an official representative after being…
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed his support for a key demand of the Taliban, urging Western countries to unfreeze Afghanistan’s financial assets, according to a media report on Thursday. Speaking at a meeting of the Valdai Discussion…
Russia has renewed its call for the creation of a broad-based Afghan government that genuinely represents all ethnic and political groups in Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told participants of the Moscow meeting on Wednesday: “The task of…
The Afghan Taliban are losing their ability to combat the scourge of terrorism due to lack of resources, says a top official of the Russian interior ministry. Alexander Sternik, director of third CIS countries department, said on Friday…
Russia will invite representatives of the Taliban to international talks on Afghanistan that it plans to host in Moscow on Oct. 20, President Vladimir Putin's special representative on Afghanistan said on Thursday. Zamir Kabulov, the representative, did not…
US and its allies were equally responsible in financially supporting Afghanistan, Russian Special Representative for Afghanistan Zameer Kabloave said on Wednesday. According to Sputnik News Agency, US and its allies were part of the unsuccessful Afghanistan mission therefore…
Russia has stressed the launch of substantive and constructive intra-Afghan talks as soon as possible to put an end to the bloody civil war and create an effective national government in Afghanistan, a statement said on Friday. This…
KABUL’s army and security forces in the fight against terrorism, Russian Foreign Minister said following Wednesday’s talks with his Indian counterpart Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. "We are providing equipment to Afghanistan’s army and security forces and will continue to do it. They…
KABUL to cease hostilities, display their goodwill to the people of Afghanistan and strive for genuine peace. “We have noted a considerable aggravation of the military-political situation in Afghanistan lately,” said Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova in a briefing…
Russia says it has been playing a positive role in promoting peace and stability in Afghanistan Russian Ambassador Alexey Y. Dedov claimed progress had been made in the meetings his country had hosted on stabilising Afghanistan. Dedov…
KABUL and establish durable peace. Moscow invited Iran, Pakistan, India, China and five Central Asian States to the crucial conference. The US is not part of the conference, but the white house had said US supported all efforts for peace…
KABUL, increasing threat from Daesh or Islamic State (IS) to Central Asia, which is considered as Russian backyard, according to a media report. Russia special envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov had earlier said the meeting would lay the ground for…
KABUL with its own aircraft. President Putin’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov suggested on Sunday the Pentagon plan was unlikely to succeed in near future. Sputnik news agency quoted the diplomat, who attended an international event on Afghanistan in…
KABUL Zamir Kabulov has said his country would deliver in January a batch of small arms to Afghanistan for police officers. He told a Russian news agency TASS on Tuesday that arms supplies from Russia were “a significant factor contributing…
KABUL. Muslimyar, who just returned from a trip to Moscow, told the upper house that Russia was likely provide 20,000 AK-47 assault rifles to Afghan security forces in the coming 20 days. He said during his visit to the Kremlin,…
