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Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2025

Russia security chief meets Taliban officials in Kabul:
KABUL: Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu visited Afghan government officials on Monday, assuring them Moscow will soon remove the Taliban from its list of banned organizations, Kabul said.
Since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021 visits by foreign officials have been infrequent because no nation has yet formally recognized the government of the former insurgent group.
Taliban government curbs on women have made them pariahs in many Western nations but Kabul is making increasing diplomatic overtures to its regional neighbors, emphasising economic and security cooperation.
Shoigu, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, met an Afghan cohort in Kabul headed by Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdul Ghani Baradar.
He “expressed Russia’s interest in increasing the level of bilateral cooperation with Afghanistan,” Baradar’s office said in a statement released on social media site X.
“He also announced that, to expand political and economic relations between the two countries, the Islamic Emirate’s name would soon be removed from Russia’s blacklist.”
The Islamic Emirate is the name the Taliban government uses to refer to itself.
Russian news agencies quoted Shoigu as saying he wanted “constructive” ties with Kabul, without saying if he had floated Moscow removing the Taliban from its list of banned groups.
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“I confirm the readiness to build a constructive political dialogue between our countries, including in order to give momentum to the process of the internal Afghan settlement,” Shoigu said, according to the RIA Novosti news agency. He also said Russian companies plan to take part in projects in Afghanistan on extracting natural resources. Analysts say Moscow may be eying cooperation with Kabul to counter the threat from Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) — the Afghan-based branch of the Sunni militant group.
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In March, more than 140 people were killed when IS-K gunmen attacked a Moscow concert hall. Taliban authorities have repeatedly said security is their top domestic priority and have pledged militants staging foreign attacks will be ousted from Afghanistan. “The Taliban certainly are our allies in the fight against terrorism,” Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan, Dmitry Zhirnov, said in July.
“They are working to eradicate terrorist cells.”
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Russia security chief meets Taliban officials in Kabul

KABUL: Top Russian security official Sergei Shoigu visited Afghan government officials on Monday, assuring them Moscow will soon remove the Taliban from its list of banned organizations, Kabul said. Since the Taliban surged back to power in 2021 visits by foreign officials have been infrequent...
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Pakistan army and Pakistan Air Force is on high alert to Rubble down every TTA post, from where the artillery or heavy weapons are fired - Says Sources.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1871981023246074333
 
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Atleast 13 Taliban soldiers have been killed alongside TTP men who tried to infiltrate on the Pakistani side under Afghan Taliban govt fire, the Taliban have also abandoned 6 of their posts at the border with Pakistan following their provocation which was responded by Pakistan Army.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1873023541186105739
 
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Afghanistan's Taliban government forces have fired unprovoked at Pakistani side across the border from Afghan side of Khost on Pakistani side in Kurram -- In Pakistan's retaliatory response, 3 Afghan soldiers have been confirmed killed whereas another 9 injured, 1 fatality on Pak side reported.
https://twitter.com/x/status/1872907477852803312
 
I think it would just be lovely if both Pakistan and Afghanistan killed themselves by going to war. Two birds one stone way I look at it. Both are incontinent "problem" nations.

Unfortunately Pakistan has nukes. So, maybe terrorists in Afghanistan get nuked? Is that still a win if that happens? Can't imagine it spiraling with other nuclear nations. No one likes or has defense pack with Afghanistan. So sol Afghanistan. Right?

Trying to determine how much IF ANY global threat is posed if those two go to war. None right? I mean economicly maybe have some issues. But militarily or its spreading or nukes being used outside of Afghanistan are next to none even if they go at it right?
 
RiffRaff said:
This region was also involved in a one-year long war between Afghanistan and Pakistan 1960 - 1961. Exact same area. Coincidence?
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There seems to be a quality and proclivity in some cultures leadership that to rule a leader must always be in a clash against outside forces.
Partially this simply might be a martial culture, and also a means of control.

You know that subtle difference between a warrior who must always fight. Or a solder who must always train to be prepared.
Who knows, that Pakistan didn’t see this coming after four decades of aiding and harboring radicalized fighters in their tribal lands along it boarder with Afghanistan.

We should just keep creating boogie men amongst them so they only think of killing each other. Like a cat chasing a laser pointer.
 
DarkNoon said:
I think it would just be lovely if both Pakistan and Afghanistan killed themselves by going to war. Two birds one stone way I look at it. Both are incontinent "problem" nations.

Unfortunately Pakistan has nukes. So, maybe terrorists in Afghanistan get nuked? Is that still a win if that happens? Can't imagine it spiraling with other nuclear nations. No one likes or has defense pack with Afghanistan. So sol Afghanistan. Right?

Trying to determine how much IF ANY global threat is posed if those two go to war. None right? I mean economicly maybe have some issues. But militarily or its spreading or nukes being used outside of Afghanistan are next to none even if they go at it right?
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It’s a bar fight with kinetic projectiles. Let them work it out.
 
OReid said:
We should just keep creating boogie men amongst them so they only think of killing each other. Like a cat chasing a laser pointer.
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More like a bunch of filthy* lying buggery champs chasing a 12 year old boy around the inside of 12x10 mud and rock kucha kucha.
* (Try soap. Its a thing)
 
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Torch said:
Didn’t I say that right yesterday? Hmm translation?
Anyways “Boys for fun (or love)” gets to the meat of the matter..
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It is the quote that was told to me from a separated army paratrooper. I believe he mentioned it’s even tied to a specific day of the week? I could be mistaken on that part.

You know Alexander the Great didn’t just invade Persia and edges of India.
He went into Afghanistan. It seems the afghans took parts of the Greek culture to heart.
 
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