Russia has signed a military-technical cooperation agreement with the Taliban

The Russian Federation and the Afghan Taliban regime have signed an official agreement on military-technical cooperation. 

This was reported by the Russian propaganda agency Interfax. The signing ceremony took place in the Moscow region as part of the International Security Forum, held under the auspices of the Russian Security Council. The parties are not currently disclosing specific details, terms, or the scope of the planned cooperation.

According to analysts at the publication “Vazhnye Istorii,” such defense agreements traditionally involve the mutual supply of weapons, the transfer of licenses, the exchange of military technologies, the training of specialized personnel, and joint development projects. The conclusion of these agreements was preceded by bilateral talks held by Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu with Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Yakub.

This step was a logical continuation of Moscow’s shift in policy toward Kabul. Earlier, the Russian Supreme Court, acting on a petition from the Prosecutor General’s Office, suspended the ban on the activities of the Taliban movement—which currently holds power in Afghanistan—that had been in effect since 2003, and officially removed it from the Russian registry of terrorist organizations, paving the way for a full-fledged political and military partnership.

As a reminder, the Afghan Taliban movement has declared chess to be haram.