Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov. File photoMOSCOW, June 14 The Taliban government (the Taliban* movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities) is actually fighting ISIS** (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation), the Taliban movement itself is not poses a threat to the countries of Central Asia, Zamir Kabulov, the special representative of the president, director of the Second Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said on Tuesday. «, Kabulov said on Channel One.
The Foreign Ministry admitted the possibility of recognizing the Taliban governmentHe emphasized that the Taliban movement itself, which now rules Afghanistan , «does not pose a threat to Central Asia.» «He has well-developed long-standing ties with Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. When we talk about threats, we are talking about numerous motley territories The historical groups that have entrenched themselves in Afghanistan are insignificant in scale, but they pose a real danger to stability in Central Asia, because the Anglo-Saxons were imprisoned for this from the very beginning… The Taliban are really fighting them, to the death and honestly,» Kabulov said. *The movement is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities** The organization is recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in Russia
