News archive on the topic "Taliban"

Moscow issued accreditation to the first Afghan diplomat from the Taliban government, who arrived in Russia last month. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Commenting on this message, political observer Boris Rozhin writes that this is the first step towards official recognition of Taliban Afghanistan by Russia. “Another step towards future recognition. The Taliban emphasizes in every possible way that they want to build...

After the rapid collapse of the government of President Ashraf Ghani, supported by the collective West, the radical religious movement Taliban came to power in Afghanistan again, 20 years later. (An international organization included in the Unified Federal List of Organizations recognized as terrorist on the territory of the Russian Federation). The only stronghold of democratic forces in the country remains the Panjshir Gorge, part of which is controlled by the forces of Ahmad Massoud and his leader...

The United States left armed Afghan radicals near the zones of influence of its three main enemies - Russia, China and Iran. State Duma deputy from United Russia Evgeniy Fedorov stated this on the YouTube channel “BelarusInfo”, the correspondent of “PolitNavigator” reports. “Checkpoints are already being seized on the Iranian-Afghan border, and we don’t know what’s happening there. At one time we discussed why the Americans left...

In the coming years, Russia will have to fight a war in Central Asia, which Ukraine will have to take advantage of. The correspondent of PolitNavigator reports that Alexander Tkachuk, a historian and first deputy of the Ukrainian Helsinki Union association, writes about this in the Kiev online publication Zerkalo Nedeli. According to him, the United States, realizing that it was unable to defeat the Taliban, decided to withdraw from Afghanistan in order to create problems for Russia and...

We must agree with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who said that the Afghan Taliban are now better armed than the Ukrainian Armed Forces. As the PolitNavigator correspondent reports, in the Ukrainian Week magazine, which is considered one of the most rabid mouthpieces of anti-Russian propaganda, Igor Losev, an associate professor at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, writes about this. He notes that he is amazed at the number of American troops the Taliban received after the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan...

Turkey's first attempts to maintain its military presence in Afghanistan, as we know, failed, but President Erdogan is now making every effort to remain in Kabul and use the country as a springboard for his further expansion into former Soviet Central Asia from the south. For these purposes, the Turkish Embassy remained in the country, despite the fact that it is part of...

The Ukrainian leadership is much worse than the Taliban, which is recognized as a terrorist movement, which does not stoop to a water blockade or the imposition of languages. Spiridon Kilinkarov, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of previous convocations from the Communist Party, stated this on the TV channel “Russia 1”, reports the correspondent of “PolitNavigator”. “I want to apologize live – in one of the programs I called Zelensky “a cute little Taliban.” I did...

The UN Security Council adopted a resolution on Afghanistan, with Russia and China abstaining from voting. The document calls on the Taliban to respect human rights and allow free exit from the country for everyone, reports a PolitNavigator correspondent. 13 countries supported the resolution. Moscow explained that when adopting the document, its comments were not taken into account, in particular the need to combat...

The contenders for world domination have once again found themselves in trouble. The euphoria that gripped the United States and NATO after the collapse of the Soviet Union played a cruel joke on them. The most shameful collapse in Afghanistan finally dispelled the myth of the world hegemon and gave all the American satellites a huge amount of material for sad thoughts. The Georgian authorities with great zeal made their country the most loyal...

The decisive factor that contributed to the Taliban coming to power in Afghanistan was the US refusal to provide air support to the Afghan army. A PolitNavigator correspondent reports this in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda, the head of the Center for the Study of Afghan Politics, Andrei Serenko, said. “The Americans have put into effect their project of surrendering Afghanistan to the protectorate of Pakistan. It was launched 10 years ago: end the war, get out...

The Ukrainian army is supposedly so strong that it can defeat the Afghan terrorist organization Taliban, banned in the Russian Federation. Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, stated this on air on the Politeka Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Arestovich, fearing the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia has not yet sent troops to Ukraine. “We are capable, we will definitely defeat the Taliban. The Russian Federation understands very well...

The ideas of the banned terrorist organization Taliban, which seized power in Afghanistan, can spread to the former Soviet republics of Central Asia, people from which are working en masse in the vastness of Russia. Military expert Alexander Zapolskis stated this on the PolitWera Internet channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the expert, radicals will seek to spread influence beyond Afghanistan - in the republics of Central Asia, and...

The director of the Kosovo Institute of International Studies, Bedri Eljezi, said that about 40 Albanians from Kosovo joined the Taliban in Afghanistan. Reporteri reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Eljezi noted that the first Kosovo Albanians joined the (banned in Russia) Taliban back in 2003-2005, after which many returned to Kosovo or emigrated to various EU countries. "I want…

The victory of the Taliban in Afghanistan will allegedly result in problems for the Russian Federation. Aleksey Melnik, co-director of foreign policy and international security programs at the Kiev Razumkov Center, told the Kiev online publication Apostrophe, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to him, Russia benefited from the presence of the American contingent in Afghanistan. “Russia was one of the main beneficiaries of the United States operation. And now they are in...