Contents tagged with Afghanistan
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Russia set to remove Taliban from terrorist organizations list
Russia is set to remove the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations. A decision already made at the highest level, reports TASS, citing Zamir Kabulov, the Russian President's Special Envoy for Afghanistan. According to Kabulov, only formalities remain to be completed.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the FSB and several other Russian agencies, is finalizing the legal work to exclude the Taliban from Russia's list of terrorist organizations. It's not about desire; the …
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Russia intends to invest in Taliban
A group of Russian investors visited Afghanistan to discuss joint projects with the Taliban militants who seized power in the country.
According to the Moscow Times, Inamullah Samangani, an official representative of the Taliban, reported about the meeting with the delegation from Russia.
According to him, the Russians met with Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi and discussed the possibility of oil and gas production, construction of oil refineries, as well as the production …
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Russia rejects Taliban's invitation to Afghanistan’s government inauguration
Russia rejected the Taliban’s invitation to take part in the inauguration ceremony of the new government of Afghanistan, said the press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov, reports TASS.
"No, Russia will not take part in any way," he said.
According to Peskov, it is important for Moscow to understand what further steps the current Afghan leadership will take.
Peskov also said that no one, including Russia, benefited from the Taliban coming to power in …
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Putin suggests bringing Taliban into ‘family of civilized nations’
Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a desire to establish ties with the Taliban militants who captured Afghanistan.
"Russia is not interested in Afghanistan’s disintegration . If this happens, then there will be no one to talk to. And if this is so, then we need to think about the fact that the sooner the Taliban enters, so to speak, into the family of civilized nations, the easier it will be to contact, communicate and somehow influence them, " said Putin at the plenary session of the …
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Kremlin: Taliban want Russia to help develop the Afghanistan’s natural resources
The Taliban would like Russia's participation in the development of the Afghan economy, including mining, transport and energy projects, said on the talk show "Solovyov Live" the Russian ambassador in Kabul Dmitry Zhirnov.
"The Taliban are open to our participation in the economy, including the development of natural resources," he said, adding that now this is a question for Russian business.
The Taliban, according to Zhirnov, are interested in "establishing trade and economic cooperation," …
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Russia strengthens its military base in Tajikistan with anti-tank systems
Amid the aggravation of the situation in Afghanistan, Russia has strengthened its 201st military base in Tajikistan with new Kornet anti-tank missile systems (ATGMs), reported the press service of the Central Military District. Kornet ATGMs are designed to destroy enemy armored vehicles and air targets, including helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles.
The 201st military base is Russia's largest military facility outside Russia. It is located in two cities - Dushanbe and Bokhtar.
On August 1 …
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Russia deploys S-300 missile systems to Afghanistan border
Russia continues to strengthen its troops near Afghanistan border, despite the assurances of the Russian Foreign Ministry that it is possible to negotiate with the Taliban and claims of the Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu that the Taliban promised not to cross the border.
On Tuesday, the Russian military in Tajikistan began a new series of exercises, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Central Military District.
About a thousand soldiers from the 201st military …
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Russia deploys military aircraft to Afghanistan border
Su-25 assault aircraft from the Russian military base in Kyrgyzstan will be involved in joint trilateral exercises on the Tajik-Afghan border, scheduled for August 5-10, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of Russian Central Military District.
During the exercises, the aircraft will reinforce more than a thousand Russian troops and tanks, who will be training in "destroying a conditional enemy" when crossing the border.
During the drills, the Su-25 crews will “search for …
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Russia deploys troops and tanks to Afghanistan border
Russia has deployed tanks and troops to the border with Afghanistan, where the Taliban continues the offensive.
Tank crews from the 201st military base in Tajikistan made a 200-kilometer march from the Lyaur training ground to the Kharb-Maydon training ground bordering Afghanistan, Interfax reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Central Military District.
Russian tank units will take part in joint exercises with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which are scheduled for August 5-10 …
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Ukraine sends peacekeepers to Mali
On June 23, The deputy head of the Central Directorate of Military Cooperation and Peacekeeping Operations of the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine Valentin Levchik said that five peacekeepers from Ukraine joined the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali for the first time, reads the message of Ukrainian Ground Forces on Facebook page.
At the moment, 61 representatives of Ukrainian national personnel perform tasks in UN, NATO and joint peacekeeping …