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 ...

The director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency said on Tuesday that while there were indications that Russia had offered some support to Taliban militants in Afghanistan, he had not seen ...

Since the return of the Taliban, China and Russia have been reaching out to the regime. The Taliban pursues a balanced diplomacy which "does not attach weight to certain countries," Nazari explained, ...

The Taliban have declared victory in Afghanistan after they took control of Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani fled the country on Sunday, marking the Islamist militant group's return to power 20 years ...