“The Taliban are certainly our allies in the fight against terrorism because any power in place is interested in the stability of its power and in the stability of the state it leads,” the Russian president said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, July 4, that he considers the Afghan Taliban as “allies in the fight against terrorism”while Russia has been hit by several attacks in recent months.
“The Taliban are certainly our allies in the fight against terrorism because any power in place is interested in the stability of its power and in the stability of the state that it leads”Vladimir Putin said at a press conference in Astana, Kazakhstan.
Moscow announced in May its intention to remove the Taliban movement from its list of “terrorist organisations”, more than three and a half years after their return to power in Afghanistan, while Russia is worried about a possible jihadist contagion in Central Asia, which it considers its own backyard.
The Taliban, who have historical links with the jihadist nebula Al-Qaïyes, have been on this list in Russia since 2003, which does not prevent Moscow from having relations with them for several years, notably receiving their emissaries on its soil on numerous occasions.
