Times Now Digital Oct 07, 2021
Invites Taliban to Moscow for talks on October 20
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, did not reveal details of the talks.
The Taliban delegation that engaged in Afghan peace talks in Qatar two months ago.The Taliban delegation that engaged in Afghan peace talks in Qatar two months ago. | Photo Credit: APKEY HIGHLIGHTSRussia is worried about the ripple effects of the Afghan fallout that could have a far wider impact in the regionMoscow is concerned about the possibility of Islamist militants infiltrating former Soviet strongholds, which Russia sees as its defensive buffer down south
Moscow: In what appears to be a concern not only for the United States of America, but also for countries in Asia, the Taliban has been extended a friendly hand by Russia amid a global outcry over the insurgent group’s return to power in Afghanistan.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special representative to Afghanistan informed on Thursday that the country will invite representatives of the Taliban for international-level talks in Moscow on October 20.
However, representative Zamir Kabulov did not reveal further details of the talks, according to news agency Reuters.
Moscow had in March hosted an international conference on Afghanistan, which was attended by Russia, the United States, China and Pakistan. They had then issued a joint statement calling for the warring Afghan sides – government and insurgents – to arrive at a peace deal and check violence.
It had also urged on the Taliban to not launch any offensives anytime soon.
However, with the United States and its allies later withdrawing their troops after 20 years of intervention in the Central Asian country, the Taliban seized the opportunity to take down the Ashraf Ghani government in a lightning advance, bring down Kabul in a blitzkrieg.
Russia, meanwhile, is concerned about the ripple effects of this fallout that could have a far wider impact in the region and the possibility of Islamist militants infiltrating former Soviet strongholds, which Moscow sees as its defensive buffer down south.
With the brisk Taliban takeover, Moscow rushed in with military exercises in Tajikistan and augmented its ammunition at the military base there.
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