The U.N. General Assembly has adopted a resolution over U.S. objections calling on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to reverse ...

Leading off… Russia has become the first state to recognize the Taliban government in Afghanistan, almost four years after the radical Islamic movement returned to power in Kabul. A Russian Foreign ...

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan amid a chaotic U.S. withdrawal and toppled the Western-backed government in 2021.

The Russian Foreign Ministry said that the official recognition of the Afghan authorities will give an impetus to the development of productive bilateral cooperation ...