A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise Taliban rule, with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi ...

Russia has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing ...

Asia Russia becomes first country to recognize the Taliban government The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan amid a chaotic U.S. withdrawal and toppled the Western-backed government in 2021.

Afghanistan has been importing oil, wheat, and gas from Russia since 2022, and last year Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the Taliban was Russia’s ally in fighting terrorism.

Russia has a complex and bloodstained history in Afghanistan. Soviet troops invaded the country in December 1979 to prop up a Communist government, but became bogged down in a long war against ...

Afghanistan said on Thursday Russia had become the first country to officially recognise its Taliban-led government, calling it a "brave decision". The Taliban regained power in 2021 after ...

Russia is the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan since the group seized power in 2021, ...