Afghanistan

The Taliban Are No Longer Terrorists

28.04.2025
Leonid Savin

On April 17, at the request of the Prosecutor General‘s Office in Russia, the Supreme Court of Russia excluded the Afghan Taliban movement from the list of terrorist organizations. Zabihullah Mujahid, a representative of the Islamic Emirate, said that  “we consider this step to be very important. In the future, Afghanistan and Russia will certainly build a good relationship in the spheres of economy and diplomacy. Russian President [Vladimir Putin] has a correct policy with regard to Afghanistan.”

High-Impact Terrorist Attack In Pakistan

he Balochistan Liberation Army claims responsibility for an attack on a train in southwestern Pakistan that was carrying more than 400 passengers, including security personnel .
14.03.2025
Leonid Savin

On March 11, 2025, an unprecedented incident occurred in the Pakistani province of Balochistan – armed militants seized a passenger train “Jaffar Express” in a deserted mountainous area, having previously blown up the railway track, causing the train to derail. The Jafar Express passenger train, which departed from Quetta on the morning of March 11 at 9:30 am, was attacked as it passed through the Gudalar and Pero Kunni areas.

Southern Rimland of Eurasia

19.07.2024
Leonid Savin

 If to use the method of combining political geography and geopolitics, it is easy to reveal that the group of countries located north of the Arabian Sea has a number of common features.

Doha-III — middle ground for all stakeholders?

11.06.2024
Imtiaz Gul

Diplomatic efforts are in full swing for the third Doha moot on Afghanistan. In a rather surprising move, Sirajuddin Haqqani, the interior minister, met with several leaders including Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the ruler of Abu Dhabi.

The Future Of Russian-Afghan Ties

29.05.2024

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a reporter in Tashkent on Monday that “Kazakhstan has recently decided to remove [the Taliban] from the list of terrorist organisations.

The Taliban Phenomenon

12.06.2023
Leonid Savin

The victory of the Taliban (recognized as a terrorist organization in the Russian Federation) over the US and the puppet government of Afghanistan (as well as the NATO forces occupying the country) in 2021 changed the regional geopolitics of Centr

The Taliban Don’t Want Another 9/11

24.08.2022
Anatol Lieven

In his short story “On The City Wall,” Rudyard Kipling describes a “consistent man”: an elderly Indian warrior who had fought against British rule in war after war and rebellion after rebellion.