Russian Supreme Court removes Taliban from list of banned terrorist organizations
Russia’s Supreme Court removed its designation of the Taliban as a terrorist organization, Russian state-controlled news agency TASS reported on April 17.
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Russia's Prosecutor General asks Supreme Court to remove Taliban from 'terrorist organizations' list
The Supreme Court is set to review the request on April 17 in a closed session. The Taliban remains on Russia's federal list of terrorist organizations since 2003.
US set to abandon partners again as history repeats in Ukraine
Paris in January 1973. Doha in February 2000. Saudi Arabia in February 2025 — all peacemaking summits with the same aroma and feel. But there are key differences before we assume the stage is simply being set for another American episode of "cut and run." After years of promising never to
Taliban-led Afghanistan became leading purchaser of Russian flour in 2024
Afghanistan became the largest importer of Russian flour in 2024, Russia's state agricultural export agency Agroexport reported on Jan. 10.
Russia paid Taliban $200,000 per killed US, coalition soldier, media investigation says
The joint media investigation sheds fresh details on reports of Russia-sponsored killings of U.S. soldiers that first surfaced in 2020, including names of Russian intelligence officers and their local collaborators involved.
Russian lawmakers submit bill on Taliban's removal from terrorist list
A group of Russian lawmakers submitted a bill that would allow the Taliban Islamist movement to be removed from Russia's list of terrorist organizations, the State Duma's website said on Nov. 25.
Abandoning Ukraine would be worse for US than Afghanistan withdrawal, ex-UK chief diplomat says
"(Donald) Trump highlighted (Joe) Biden's humiliation over Afghanistan… but if he ends up with the collapse of Ukraine, that’ll be a far bigger humiliation for the U.S. and the power of the U.S. in the world," former U.K. Foreign Secretary William Hague said at the Daily T podcast.
Russian media: St. Petersburg governor meets with Taliban delegation
St. Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov spoke with a delegation from the Taliban, which had traveled from Afghanistan for the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Russian media reported on June 7.
Russian government proposes to remove Taliban from list of terrorist organizations
According to Russian state-controlled news agency TASS, the step would pave the way for Russia to officially recognize Afghanistan's Taliban government, which seized power in 2021 and has not received de jure recognition from any country in the world.
Russia looking to remove Taliban’s designation as terrorist organization
The announcement came on the same day that Russian state news agency TASS said the Taliban had been invited to participate in the “Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum,” scheduled for May.
US veteran and photographer’s wartime Ukraine memoir tests notion of ‘universal’ truths
Editor's note: All the photographs in this article are featured for illustration purposes only. “I’m a photographer,” writes U.S. combat veteran and photojournalist J.T. Blatty, “But really, I’m just a human drawn toward the truth, in snapshots of truth.” Blatty’s new memoir "Snapshots Sent Home:
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