Russia and allies conducted joint drills near Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan as part of efforts to prepare for possible security threats emerging from Afghanistan #Russia #WarGames #AfghanBorder #Afghanistan #Taliban

Russia seeks Taliban’s focus on fighting the Islamic State group, which Moscow sees as the main threat from Afghanistan. Moscow also had hailed the Taliban’s pledge to combat drug trafficking and stem the flow of drugs from Afghanistan via Central Asia. Russian ambassador to Kabul, Dmitry Zhirnov, had praised the Taliban as “reasonable guys” following a "positive and constructive meeting", and said that "the group had helped to make the Afghan capital safer in the first 24 hours after the US exit [in the final week of August]." Read more.