Eltaf Najafizada
Reporter for Afghanistan and South Asia at Bloomberg News
Bloomberg Reporter in New Delhi | Opinions are all mine
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1 week ago |
bloomberg.com | Eltaf Najafizada
India said Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a call with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, condemned last month’s deadly Kashmir attacks and urged that the perpetrators be brought to justice, as tensions with Islamabad escalate. Putin “expressed full support to India in the fight against terrorism,” Randhir Jaiswal, a spokesman for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, said in a post on X on Monday.
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2 weeks ago |
stripes.com | Eltaf Najafizada
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs in Moscow on March 18, 2025. (Maxim Shemetov/Pool/AFP/Getty Images via TNS) (Tribune News Service) — Nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Afghanistan’s Taliban an “ally” in countering terrorism, Moscow lifted a two-decade-old ban on the group, aiming to bolster ties with Kabul to crush a joint enemy — the Islamic State.
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2 weeks ago |
leadertelegram.com | Eltaf Najafizada
Nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Afghanistan’s Taliban an “ally” in countering terrorism, Moscow lifted a two-decade-old ban on the group, aiming to bolster ties with Kabul to crush a joint enemy — the Islamic State. The move was “no surprise,” given Putin has spoken of growing cooperation with the Taliban on terrorism, said John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.
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2 weeks ago |
thederrick.com | Eltaf Najafizada
Nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Afghanistan’s Taliban an “ally” in countering terrorism, Moscow lifted a two-decade-old ban on the group, aiming to bolster ties with Kabul to crush a joint enemy — the Islamic State. The move was “no surprise,” given Putin has spoken of growing cooperation with the Taliban on terrorism, said John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center.
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2 weeks ago |
kdhnews.com | Eltaf Najafizada
Nearly a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin called Afghanistan's Taliban an "ally" in countering terrorism, Moscow lifted a two-decade-old ban on the group, aiming to bolster ties with Kabul to crush a joint enemy - the Islamic State. The move was "no surprise," given Putin has spoken of growing cooperation with the Taliban on terrorism, said John Herbst, senior director of the Atlantic Council's Eurasia Center.
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Ron MacCammon, a retired US Army Special Forces colonel, argues US should return to Afghanistan and engage with S. Haqqani who's fed up with the strict rule of Kandahari Taliban leader. Also, to counter China and Russia influence growing. https://t.co/EvH01hyheQ
Pakistan condemned India’s actions taken against it after a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir, halting all trade and warning that any attempt to prevent the flow of water promised under a treaty would be considered an act of war. https://t.co/7IlCdIWl8t
After lifting a 22-year ban on Afghan Taliban last week, Russia agreed to accept an ambassador-level diplomat from Taliban's de facto gov't in the near future. The Afghan embassy in Moscow is run by a chargé d'affaires.
Russia’s Supreme Court lifted a ban on the Taliban, the latest step in growing relations between Moscow and the Islamist group in Afghanistan https://t.co/QVXr1IEDsg via @bpolitics