After 21 years, Moscow removes Taliban from the list of terrorist organisations

The Russian Foreign Ministry said today, on Friday 4 October, that “made a decision at the highest level” to remove Taliban from the list of terrorist organisations, as state news agency T reported. ASS. Various legal procedures will have to be followed for the decision to enter into force, it was quoted as saying [...]
Various legal procedures will have to be followed for the decision to take effect, President Vladimir Putin's special representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Cabulov, was quoted as saying.
Putin said in July that Russia considers the Taliban movement in Afghanistan an ally in the fight against terrorism.
Russia has slowly built relations with the Taliban since they regained power in Afghanistan in August 2021, but the movement remains officially illegal in Russia.
Moscow officially declared the Taliban a terrorist organisation in 2003.
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