A delegation of the Taliban movement, which came to power in Afghanistan by force in 2021, has been invited to the Russia-Islamic World forum, which will be held from May 14 to 19 in Kazan. This is reported by UNN with reference to the Russian media.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry has invited a Taliban delegation to participate in the forum "Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum" scheduled for May 2023.
In May 2023, Russia took part in UN consultative talks on cooperation with the new Afghan government. Zamir Kabulov, Director of the Second Department of Asia of the occupying country's Foreign Ministry, told rosmedia that Russia cooperates with the Taliban government in Afghanistan on anti-terrorism activities "on a regular basis.
Representatives of the Taliban Islamist movement launched an offensive throughout Afghanistan in May 2021 amid the withdrawal of the US and other Western military contingent, which had been there for 20 years. In August 2021, the Taliban captured Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. Subsequently, the seizure of power in Afghanistan and the creation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan were announced.
In March 2022, Moscow accredited the first diplomat of the Taliban government not recognized by the international community. At the same time, the fundamentalist Taliban movement was declared a terrorist organization by the Supreme Court in 2003, and its activities are banned in Russia.
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