Moscow moves to pull Taliban off terrorist list after Putin calls extremist group ‘a trusted ally’

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Moscow moves to pull Taliban off terrorist list after Putin calls extremist group ‘a trusted ally’

Russia’s highest prosecutor has formally asked that the Taliban be removed from the nation’s terrorism list — just months after President Vladimir Putin called the Afghan extremist group “a trusted ally.”

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office submitted the stunning request to the Russian Supreme Court Monday, with the court acknowledging it had received the appeal to “suspend the ban on the activities of the Taliban movement.”

If passed, contact with the group would no longer be punishable as a crime, which Russian law currently stipulates.

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Russia’s Supreme Court lifted a ban against the Taliban on Thursday, removing Afghanistan’s rulers from a list of terror groups as ties deepen between Moscow and Kabul.

The diplomatic win for the Taliban comes after 22 years of being designated a terrorist group by Moscow, making any contact with them punishable by law.

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