Russia Has Signed A Military Agreement With The Taliban

Details of the agreement are being kept secret.

Russia and the Taliban terrorist group that controls Afghanistan have signed an agreement on military-technical cooperation, writes The Moscow Times.

In a meeting with Shoigu, Yaqub said Moscow and Kabul had "expanded bilateral relations." The head of the Russian Security Council, in turn, called on the West to unfreeze Afghanistan's assets and fund the country's reconstruction. As "Important Stories" notes, such agreements usually involve the exchange of weapons, licenses, military technology and joint development. However, according to orientalist Ruslan Suleymanov, this agreement is more of a "symbolic measure" and there are no real prerequisites for "serious military cooperation and transfer of [Russian] technologies to the Taliban."

"There will definitely not be some kind of military alliance, military coalition, like with the DPRK," he told The Insider. - Russia in principle has nothing to offer the Taliban. It is not a key trading partner. The main economic partners for Kabul today are China, Iran and Pakistan. It is good if Russia is among the top ten in terms of trade turnover". According to Suleymanov, Russia could send military specialists to Afghanistan or hold "local exercises and briefings" in the country.

Shoigu himself said two weeks ago at the SCO summit in Kyrgyzstan that Russia considers "the return of military infrastructure of third countries to the territory of Afghanistan or the deployment of new military facilities in its neighboring states" unacceptable. He also called on Washington and allies to "recognize full responsibility for their 20-year presence in Afghanistan." He said Moscow has established a "pragmatic dialog" with the Taliban to "achieve the goals of regional security and economic development."

The Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, overthrowing the U.S.-backed government. In 2024, President Vladimir Putin called the group "allies in the fight against terrorism." In the summer of 2025, Moscow was the first to recognize the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, removing the Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations and welcoming their ambassador to Moscow. Tajikistan, Turkey and Canada consider the Taliban a terrorist organization.

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