The "Taliban" government has stated that several regions of Russia, including Tatarstan and Chechnya, are ready to accept Afghan labor migrants. It is planned to involve Afghan labor migrants mainly in agricultural work.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban welcomed the relevant statement of the President of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Jomart Tokaev, and noted that this step of Astana has achieved success in understanding the situation in Afghanistan and that the obstacles to bringing bilateral relations, in particular, economic cooperation to a new level, have been removed.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice informed President Vladimir Putin that the Taliban may be removed from the list of banned organizations. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Afghan Taliban are not enemies of Russia at the moment.
The Taliban delegation had to fly from Moscow to Tatarstan to participate in the international economic forum "Russia - Islamic World: Kaznforum" in Kazan. However, the delegation's visit was delayed due to a drone strike in the morning.
The leadership of the Taliban participated in the 15th summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held in Banjul, the capital of Gambia. OIC sent an official invitation to the Taliban administration to participate in the summit.
"Taliban" has accused 3 neighboring countries of Afghanistan of helping ISIS, saying that one of them is supplying ISIS with fighters, the second one is training them, and the third one is financing them. Although the name of these countries has not been publicly mentioned, it is said that we are talking about Tajikistan, Pakistan and Iran.
"Taliban" expressed its desire to participate in the 15th summit of the heads of states and governments of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, which will be held in Banjul, the capital of Gambia, on May 4-5. Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy head of the successful government of Afghanistan, said in a meeting with the OIC special representative in Kabul that suffering is widespread in the Islamic world, and Muslim countries should cooperate to solve the problems.
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uzbekistan, Bakhtiyor Saidov, visited Afghanistan for the first time since his appointment as a minister and held talks with several high-ranking officials of the Taliban movement. The parties discussed a wide range of issues of cooperation, including the activation of economic relations.
China is strengthening ties with the Taliban, Xi Jinping received credentials from the Taliban-appointed ambassador, Bilal Karimi, on January 30. Before that, China was the first country to officially appoint a new ambassador to Afghanistan after the Taliban came to power.
Uzbekistan was the first to correctly assess the market that suddenly appeared in the region and did not miss this opportunity.