Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed organizations.

Often called “the Soviet Union’s Vietnam War”, the conflict in Afghanistan began at Christmas in 1979 and dragged on for a further nine years, causing the deaths of over 25,000 Soviet soldiers and ...

Russia becomes first country to recognise Afghanistan’s Taliban regime. Will China follow? - Experts monitoring the Taliban’s ...

Russia is the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan since the group seized power in 2021, ...

Russia on Thursday officially recognized the Taliban government as Afghanistan's rightful government, the first country to do ...

July 4 (UPI) -- Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

After Russia became the first country to officially recognise the Taliban government, China has welcomed the move, fuelling ...

Moscow has taken recent steps to normalise relations with the Taliban authorities, removing them from a list of "terrorist ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognise the Taliban government, marking a major diplomatic shift and ending ...

A former senior Taliban official told CBS News that while the move was welcome, "Russia and China can't financially support ...

Russia became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan on Thursday, according to local ...

Russia has become the first nation to formally recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan since the group seized power ...