Afghanistan, May 28 -- Russia has offered to help ease growing tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, saying it is ready to support political and diplomatic dialogue between Pakistan and the Taliban administration in Afghanistan.
Alexander Venediktov, deputy secretary of Russia's Security Council, made the remarks during a meeting with Azad Sajad Khan, deputy national security adviser to Pakistan's prime minister, on the sidelines of an international security forum in Moscow on Wednesday.
"We are interested in normalising the situation along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border," Venediktov said, according to Russian state media. "We hope the sides will return to the negotiating table and resolve their differences through political and diplomat...