A man talks by a phone while standing on a balcony of the Afghan Embassy in Moscow, July 4, 2025, where the flag of the ...

The Russian Foreign Ministry says the official recognition of the Afghan government will foster “productive bilateral ...

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

On Thursday, the Russian foreign ministry confirmed to the agency that Moscow had formally recognized the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan ...

The broader impacts, however – inside Iran and across the Middle East – are becoming clearer. It will be a long time, if ever, before we know the full effect on the key targets, which included Iran’s ...