Russia has promised to regularly supply humanitarian aid to the Taliban

Russia plans to regularly send “humanitarian” aid shipments to Afghanistan for the government represented by the Taliban. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

According to him, the next shipment of aid is expected to arrive in Kabul within the next one to two months. Lavrov attributed this to the dire humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and cited UN data.

 According to estimates cited by the Russian minister, more than 17 million Afghans could face food shortages this winter, and a total of about 22 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. The return of about 4 million Afghans from Pakistan and Iran since the beginning of last year has placed an additional burden on the country.

Meanwhile, the publication Afghanistan International reported that, with Moscow’s assistance and India’s mediation, Taliban representatives are purchasing weapons and drones in Belarus.

Earlier, Russia and Afghanistan also signed an agreement on military-technical cooperation. This followed a visit to Moscow by Afghan Defense Minister Mohammad Yakub in late May and early June.

Source: The Moscow Times.

The Taliban government in Afghanistan stated that four civilians were killed as a result of Pakistani airstrikes on September 24 in the provinces of Kandahar, Paktia, and Khost.

Pakistan stated that it would not allow what it called a “sham dialogue” to be used as a cover for those who threaten the country’s population. The Pakistani Ministry of Information expressed this position on September 20 in Islamabad in response to statements by Afghan Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.