Donald Trump is elected U.S. president after criticizing a war abroad and calling for its end. He negotiates a deal with an adversary of the United States under heavy sanctions, cutting an ally out of ...

Dmitry Zhirnov, left, Russia's ambassador to Afghanistan, meeting with Amir Khan Muttaqi, Afghanistan's Foreign Minister in Kabul in April, 2025 [Handout/Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs via ...

MOSCOW — Russia on Thursday became the first country to formally recognize the Taliban’s government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021, after Moscow r emoved the group from its list of ...

(Reuters) - Sergei Shoigu, the secretary of Russia's powerful Security Council, told Afghanistan's Taliban leaders on Monday that Moscow wanted to help achieve a durable peace in the country, Russian ...

Russia Afghanistan In this photo released by Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Afghanistan's acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, front left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, ...

After abandoning hope of influencing the Taliban, Central Asian nations have sought to insulate themselves from Afghanistan’s ...

Russia formally recognized the Taliban government after removing the group from its list of outlawed organizations. The Russian Foreign Ministry received credentials from Afghanistan’s new ambassador, ...

(CNN) — Russia has become the first nation to recognize the Taliban government of Afghanistan since it took power in 2021, announcing on Thursday it has accepted an ambassador from the Islamist group.

Russia almost doubled its exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to Central Asian countries and Afghanistan in ...