The aggressor country, the Russian Federation, has become the only country that has officially recognized the so-called government of the radical Islamist movement Taliban in Afghanistan.
Russia's recognition of the Taliban movement in Afghanistan
According to AFP News Agency, Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi called the move supposedly bold.
In April 2025, the Russian Supreme Court suspended the ban on the Taliban movement, which was recognized as a terrorist organization in 2003.
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At that time, Russian propagandists reported that the Taliban would be excluded from the list of terrorist organizations. In the end, this promise was fulfilled in the Russian Federation.
In recent years, Russia has begun to actively cooperate with the Taliban. In particular, Moscow received their delegations, despite the official ban on the Taliban movement that was in effect at the time.
In May, Moscow's special representative in Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said that Russia would allegedly help the Taliban in the fight against the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group.
In 2024, Russian dictator Vladimir Putin declared that Taliban-ruled Afghanistan was now Moscow's supposed ally in the fight against terrorism.
