Russia’s Taliban Gamble is Not Paying Off

Recognizing the Taliban in Afghanistan is unraveling for Moscow …


By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

On Oct. 16, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that militant organizations continued to maintain training camps and strongholds in Afghan territories bordering Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. “Attempts are being made to smuggle weapons and drugs from Afghanistan into Central Asian countries and then into Russia,…