India should approach Russia’s recognition of the Taliban with careful pragmatism, rather than simply mirroring Moscow’s ...

TOKYO -- Russia's and China's recent friendliness with the Taliban interim government in Afghanistan, intended to reap ...

In a dramatic shift with far-reaching geopolitical implications, Russia has become the first major world power to formally ...

Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. Will China follow? - Experts monitoring the Taliban’s new diplomacy push in Asia say China could follow suit, paving the way for ...

This month, Russia became the first foreign government to formally recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, nearly four ...

While the ICC has issued arrest warrants against senior Taliban leaders, powers like Russia and China are actively courting ...

KABUL, July 5 (Xinhua) -- The Afghan interim government's chief spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid has welcomed the decision of the Russian Federation to recognize the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan" as ...

KABUL, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Russia has officially recognized the Afghan interim government, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan said in a statement late Thursday.

Nearly four years after the Taliban reconquered Afghanistan, numerous countries have diplomatically engaged with the Islamic Emirate, accepting its rule as a political reality. Yet, no government had ...

Moscow has become the first government to complete the normalisation of relations with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

It remains to be seen if countries like China and Pakistan follow Russia’s lead. Moscow has historically had deep strategic ...

The implications of this move extend far beyond symbolism. By recognizing the Taliban as Afghanistan’s legitimate government, Russia has shifted from informal dealings to formal state-to-state ...