Less than a year after formally recognising the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Russia has now signed a military cooperation agreement with Kabul. According to Politico, the agreement was signed on Wednesday during a meeting between Afghan Defence Minister Mohammad Yaqoub and Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu at the International Security Forum in Moscow. While the exact details of the pact remain unclear, Yaqoub described it as an expansion of bilateral relations between the two nations.
“Interaction with Russia is important for us,” Yaqoub said after the meeting. “Afghanistan and Russia have long-standing and historic relations, and we want to move forward in this direction.”
