Newcastle (UK), April 22 -- Russia is currently considering taking the Taliban off its list of terrorist organisations, officials have indicated.
While no final decision has yet been taken, one sign of their increasingly cordial relationship is the Taliban's invitation to an international economic forum being held in Kazan, Russia, in May. The Kremlin has opened up discussions with the Taliban before, and Russia was one of the few nations to accredit a diplomat when the organisation took control of Afghanistan.
But Afghanistan's political and economic crisis and western sanctions on Russia due to the Ukraine war mean both sides have something to gain from a stronger relationship.
In 1999, the UN security council adopted resolution 1267, ...