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

Supreme Court lifted group’s ‘terrorist’ designation in April, as Moscow seeks normalisation in bid for regional clout.

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

The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

Russian diplomats have also praised the Taliban over the "puppet government" of Ashraf Ghani, the president who fled Afghanistan and resurfaced in the UAE. Russia only partially evacuated its embassy.

July 4 (UPI) -- Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

Two decades after the Soviet Union's humiliating retreat from Afghanistan, NATO is working to get Russia back into the country to help fight drug trafficking and rebuild Afghan security forces.

Russian officials have castigated the fallen American-backed government of Ashraf Ghani and this week Russia's top envoy overseeing its Afghanistan policy, the veteran diplomat Zamir Kabulov ...

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 ...

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan amid a chaotic U.S. withdrawal and toppled the Western-backed government in 2021.

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