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The Soviet-Afghan War raged for nine years and is considered a major part of the overarching Cold War between the US and its ...

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to ...

Russia said on Thursday it had accepted the credentials of a new ambassador of Afghanistan, making it the first nation to recognise the Taliban government of the country. In a statement, the ...

Another project designed to draw Afghans closer to Central Asia is the AIRITOMFree Zone in Termez, which opened last year and ...

Russia made history Thursday by becoming the first country to formally recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan. At a meeting in Kabul, Russian Ambassador Dmitry Zhirnov handed official ...

Russia on Thursday officially recognized the Taliban government as Afghanistan's rightful government, the first country to do so nearly four years since the extremists took power.

The Afghan government is not officially recognised by any world body, and the United Nations refers to the administration as ...