Interfax: Liquidation of Taliban leader to hinder negotiations in Afghanistan...
MOSCOW. May 23 (Interfax) – The liquidation of Taliban movement leader Akhtar Mansoor will lead to further military escalation in Afghanistan, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. “If this information is...
View ArticleNEWSWATCH: “Challenging the U.S., Moscow Pushes Into Afghanistan. Russian...
“#Russia is making fresh inroads into #Afghanistan that could complicate U.S. efforts to strengthen the fragile #Kabul government, stamp out the resilient #Taliban insurgency and end America’s longest...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Russia Gambles in Afghanistan – Again Moscow’s overtures with the...
“… In recent weeks, senior U.S. military officials have accused the Russian government of providing support to the Taliban, the militant group still waging a bloody insurgency against the government in...
View ArticleNEWSLINK: “Afghanistan: No Way Forward”– Valdai Club/ Anatol Lieven
‘As the Afghan state becomes increasingly fragile as a result of internal divisions and the resurgence of the Taliban, its future prospects remain bleak. US-Russian cooperation on the issue remains...
View ArticleInterfax: Lavrov warns U.S. against attempts to use extremists in Afghanistan...
MOSCOW. May 31 (Interfax) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Washington that the use of extremists in Afghanistan as temporary allies may have dangerous consequences. “If this is another...
View ArticleWest, Russia ‘Share Interest’ In Afghan Stability, Top U.S. Commander Says
(Article ©2018 RFE/RL, Inc., Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty – rferl.org – April 28, 2018 – also appeared at...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Taliban Say They Will Attend Afghan Peace Talks in Russia”–...
“… The Taliban’s acceptance of an invitation by Russia to … Sept. 4 talks planned in Moscow was a reversal for the group, and came after the government of Afghanistan and its main supporter, the United...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Moscow Postpones Afghan Peace Talks; Decision comes after...
“Russia’s foreign ministry said … it has postponed a multilateral meeting on peace in Afghanistan after the Afghan government declined an invitation to meet the Taliban in Moscow. … The Taliban refused...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Moscow Courts the Taliban”– Carnegie Moscow/Arkady Dubnov
“… Despite all this, Russian diplomats considered the Taliban’s agreement to come to Moscow to be a success. Unofficial information from inside the Foreign Ministry indicates the great importance it...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia Reaches Out to Afghan Leaders for Taliban Talks,...
“Russia has quietly invited a group of senior Afghan politicians to talks with the Taliban in Moscow, bypassing President Ashraf Ghani’s government in a move that has angered officials in Kabul who say...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Russia Challenges U.S. in Hosting Taliban at Afghan Talks”–...
“Russia is challenging the U.S. by hosting the Taliban at a Moscow peace conference in the latest source of friction …. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who pressed Russia to cancel a similar meeting in...
View ArticleDo Trump’s Afghanistan Claims Mirror Moscow’s Rhetoric?
(Russia Matters – russiamatters.org – RM Staff – January 11, 2019 – russiamatters.org/blog/do-trumps-afghanistan-claims-mirror-moscows-rhetoric) Earlier this month, President Donald Trump offered his...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Lessons for Leaders: What Afghanistan Taught Russian and Soviet...
“… the Soviet leadership made a number of mistakes, first when contemplating whether to intervene in Afghanistan, then during the intervention and, finally, when withdrawing the troops. Some of these...
View ArticleRUSSIALINK: “Russian general warns of Central Asia ‘crisis’ by 2020”– Interfax
(Interfax – May 15, 2019) A senior Russian general has issued a warning about the worsening security situation in Central Asia, including in Afghanistan, suggesting the region could experience a crisis...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Return to Kabul? Russian Policy in Afghanistan”– David G....
“… Moscow has publicly supported the current U.S.-Taliban peace talks … [yet] has a very different perspective from the U.S. … influenced by geography and history. Russia’s current strategic posture is...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “Intelligence officials cast doubt on Times’ Russia-Taliban...
“Intelligence officials say a news report about Russia paying the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan does not match ‘verifiable’ Taliban activity and was never presented to … Trump because it...
View ArticleWhat Does Russia Want In Afghanistan?
... Trump tweeted that the intelligence reports were not deemed credible and the Kremlin and the Taliban have rejected reports alleging that officers of the GRU - Russia's foreign military intelligence...
View ArticleJRL NEWSWATCH: “How Kremlin’s View of U.S.’s War in Afghanistan Has Shifted”–...
“Deteriorating U.S.-Russian ties adversely affect a once-shared goal, leading to a U.S. intelligence assessment of bounties paid to Taliban.” “For years … the U.S. and Russia shared a goal of deposing...
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