The building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian FederationMOSCOW, Jan 24Moscow refutes reports by a number of media outlets that a delegation of the Taliban and representatives of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan arrived in the capital for negotiations, Zamir Kabulov, special representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan, director of the second Asia department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Zamir Kabulov, told RIA Novosti. Earlier, a number of media outlets cited unnamed sources reported that they allegedly arrived in Moscow. Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Yacoub and acting Taliban-appointed government Abdul Ghani Baradar. In addition, also citing sources, the media claimed that Taliban resistance leaders Amrullah Saleh and Ahmad Shah Masood intended to come to Moscow.September 8, 2021 . The last two weeks of August, from the Kabul airport, which was under the protection of the US military, there was a mass evacuation of Western citizens and Afghans who collaborated with them. On the night of August 31, the US military left the Kabul airport, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan. In early September, the composition of the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, which was headed by Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who held the chair of the Foreign Minister during the first rule of the Taliban * and has been under UN sanctions since 2001. After the seizure of power by the Taliban and the flight of the then President Ashraf Ghani, Vice President Saleh announced that he was now constitutionally appointed head of state and called for armed resistance against the Taliban. Later, the media reported that Saleh left for Tajikistan along with the leaders of the resistance of the Panjshir province. At the same time, the resistance forces deny that Saleh left Afghanistan.* The organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities
