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The announcement came on the same day that Russia’s state news agency TASS reported that the Taliban had been invited to attend the Russia-Islamic World: Kazan Forum conference, which is scheduled to start in a month, according to The Kyiv Independent.
The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Zamir Kabulov, assured that Moscow “constantly cooperates with the Taliban in the fight against terrorism”.
“There is nothing special to comment on here,” he added.
The Taliban strongly condemned the March 22 attack. terrorist attack in the Moscow concert hall and stated that he strongly condemns the recent terrorist attack in Moscow, for which the Islamic State (IV) claimed responsibility. The Taliban consider this attack a clear violation of all human standards.
This event and the fact that the IV branch “Islamic State Khorasan Unit” (IV-K) responsible for the attack in Moscow is an enemy of the Taliban undoubtedly contributed to the improvement of relations between Russia and the Taliban.
IV-K was formed in 2015, when members of the group, dissatisfied with the Taliban, decided to adopt a more radical and violent Islamic rule.
After the US withdrew from Afghanistan, the IV-K caused a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport. The attack raised IV-K’s international profile and posed a major threat to the Taliban’s ability to govern.
Since then, the Taliban have been fighting IV-K in Afghanistan. So far, Taliban security services have prevented the group from capturing new territory or recruiting large numbers of bored former Taliban fighters during peacetime. This is one of the worst-case scenarios for the collapse of the Western-backed Afghan government, according to The New York Times.
Despite IV-K officially claiming responsibility for the attacks in Moscow, Russian leader Vladimir Putin has not officially acknowledged IV-K’s responsibility for the attack. He testified that the attack was carried out by “radical Islamists”.
The Taliban was founded in the early nineties and in 1996. occupied Afghanistan. The group has imposed harsh laws based on Islam that brutally persecute women, political opponents and religious minorities.
After 2001 September 11 after the attacks on the USA, Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban became a safe haven for the leadership of Al Qaeda, but in 2001 The group was removed from power after the US invaded the country. Since 2021, when the Taliban returned to power in the country, about 1,000 people have died. civilian population.
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