Russia the first to recognise Taliban government in Afghanistan

Russia has become the first country to officially recognize the Taliban administration, and Amir Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi call it a “brave” decision.

On Thursday, he met Dmitry Zhirnov, Russia’s Ambassador of Afghanistan in Kabul. Mr. Zhirnov officially conveyed his government’s decision to recognize Afghanistan Islamic Emirates.

Muttaqi, “a new stage of positive relations, mutual respect and constructive participation” and change will serve as “example” to other countries, he said.

Despite the increasing violations of violations on human rights, Taliban sought international recognition and investment since they returned to power in August 2021.

“We believe that the official recognition of the Afghan Islamic government government will give driving force to the development of productive bilateral cooperation among our countries,” Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. He said.

Russia, “energy, transportation, agriculture and infrastructure” in the “commercial and economic” cooperation potential, and Kabul will continue to fight against threats of terrorism and drug smuggling, he said.

Russia was one of the few countries that did not close their embassies in Afghanistan in 2021 and said that “expansion of dialogue with Kabul” in Telegram is critical in terms of regional security and economic development.

The country was also the first to signed an international economic agreement with the Taliban in 2022, where they agreed to supply oil, gas and wheat to Afghanistan.

According to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Taliban was removed from Russia’s list of terrorist organizations in April this year in order to establish a “full -fledged partnership with Kabul.

Russian President Vladimir Putin also mentioned Taliban as a “ally” in the fight against terrorism in July last year, and representatives traveled to Moscow for early meetings such as 2018.

The two countries have a complex history, the Soviet Union fought a nine -year war that occupied the country in 1979 and cost 15,000 personnel.

The decision to form a USSR -backed government for Kabul made the Soviets an international pariah, and eventually withdrew from Afghanistan in February 1989.

Western governments and humanitarian organizations have condemned the Taliban government in a large scale to implement the Sharia, which brought heavy restrictions on women and girls.

In the last four years, women have been banned from accessing secondary and higher education, they cannot leave their homes without a male chart, and subject to solid clothes codes.

The legislation has become increasingly more and more restrictive with the establishment of the latest ‘virtue’ laws that prohibit women from speaking outside their homes.

The United Nations reported that the rules were “gender Apartheid”, but also former government officials and brutal attacks.

Strict sanctions against Afghanistan by the United Nations Security Council in 2021, especially the freezing of approximately $ 9 billion assets.

While China identified ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan and Pakistan Kabul, Russia has now known the Taliban government since they have returned to power almost four years ago.