Putin says Russia and the Taliban are allies

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has called the radical Islamist movement Taliban an ally of Russia "in the fight against terrorism." UNN writes with reference to the Russian media.

In general, we must proceed from the fact that the Taliban controls the government in the country. And in this sense, the Taliban are definitely our allies in the fight against terrorism

For reference

Although the Taliban government is not officially recognized by Russia and other countries, Taliban representatives are regularly invited to various events in Russia. The Russian Foreign Ministry recently expressed support for the idea of removing the Taliban's status as a terrorist organization.

Recall

Russia said that the Wilayat Khorasan group of the so-called Islamic State coordinated the terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall near Moscow via the Internet from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.