Moscow format talks on Afghanistan in MoscowMOSCOW, Jan 27 The Russian side is ready to provide the Moscow site for negotiations between the Taliban (the movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) and other representatives of the Afghan society, said Alexei Zaitsev, Deputy Director of Information and Press of the Russian Foreign Ministry. in order to facilitate the speedy completion of the inter-Afghan peace process,» Zaitsev said at a briefing in Moscow. invited a Taliban delegation to Oslo from 23 to 25 January to meet with the Norwegian authorities, representatives of the international community and others Afghans. The Taliban delegation was headed by acting. Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaki. In early August 2021, the Taliban intensified their offensive against the Afghan government forces, entered Kabul on August 15 and the next day declared that the war was over. 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 was in charge of foreign policy during the first rule of the Taliban * and has been under UN sanctions since 2001. * The movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities
