As America's effort to end 16 years of war in Afghanistan yields little progress, Russia is resurrecting its own interest in the "graveyard of empires." The jockeying includes engaging the Taliban and ...

MOSCOW, Russian Federation, April 17 (UNHCR) - Afghans constitute the largest number of asylum seekers in Russia but many, including children of officials who worked for the pro-Soviet government in ...

Russia has become the first country to formally recognize the Taliban's government in Afghanistan since it seized power in 2021 after Moscow removed the group from its list of outlawed organizations.

Russia is increasingly approaching Afghanistan as yet another Central Asian state – including gradually opening access to its labor migration system. Taliban delegation members look at a model of St.