Blogger’s Note: How sad it is to see a “capitalist” Russia fighting a proxy war with the US in Ukraine – whilst attending cordial meetings with the current leader of that ogre – Donald Trump – pretending there’s no connection between the US and the Neo-Nazi weaponry that is killing Russian soldiers and murdering Russian civilians. It is also disturbing to see Russia cosying-up to Zionist Israel – the high-level diplomatic meetings of which are being trumpeted across Russian-language media as being of a very “great success” – at exactly the same time as Russia removes the “Taliban” off the Terrorist List! What a long way we have come from the mighty (Soviet) Red Army entering Afghanistan in support of the democratically elected “Socialist” government – chosen by the most progressive element of Afghan society! The US (in fact its CIA Operative – Osama Bin Laden) founded the “Islamo-Fascist” movement then termed the “Mujahadeen” – and now known by hundreds of splinter names – be it “ISIS”, “Al Qaeda”, “ISIL”, and the “Taliban” just to mention a few. Is Russia collaborating with the US – trading its own integrity for land in Ukraine? I remember the photographs of the heads of murdered Soviet soldiers which had to be “stitched” back on to the necks they had been severed from before being delivered back to their families – simply because they refused to “revert” to Islam whilst held prisoner in Afghanistan between 1979-1989. After-all, like Soviet Socialism – it is all in the past. ACW (18.4.2025)
On April 17, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation announced a decision on suspending the ban on the Taliban movement which is on the single federal list of organisation, including foreign and international ones, designated as terrorist under Russian law.
The verdict was delivered following court deliberations in accordance with Federal Law No. 513-FZ dated December 28, 2024, On Amending Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.
The removal of terrorist status from the Taliban movement, which formed the Afghan government following the collapse of the pro-Western regime of Ashraf Ghani in 2021, opens the way to the establishment of a full-fledged partnership with Kabul in the interests of Russian and Afghan peoples.
Russia is set to build mutually advantageous ties with Afghanistan in all areas, including combatting drug trafficking and terrorism.
🤝 Russia appreciates the military and law enforcement operations conducted by Afghanistan’s authorities in its territory against Wilayat Khorasan, an Afghan wing of ISIS, which professes an ultra-radical ideology of a “global juhad.”
Moscow intends to put special emphasis on building up trade, business and investment relations with Kabul. Afghanistan, with its unique geostrategic location, might become a link in implementing large-scale energy and infrastructure projects.
The decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on suspending the terrorist status of the Taliban movement does not entail changes in the international commitments of the Russian Federation regarding compliance with the UN Security Council regime of sanctions against individuals and legal entities associated with Taliban, as well as other groups and entities.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 