RUSSIA’S SUPREME COURT REMOVES TALIBAN FROM LIST OF BANNED ORGANIZATIONS

Asia World

Thu 17 April 2025:

Russia’s Supreme Court on Thursday suspended the country’s ban on the activities of the Taliban movement, the court’s press service announced.

The Taliban has been designated a terrorist organization by Russia, but the ruling effectively suspends that label, though it remains under international UN sanctions.

A representative of the Taliban was present at the Supreme Court session.

The hearing was held at the request of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, which had filed a formal request seeking the suspension of the ban on the movement’s activities in Russia.

The suspension satisfies “the administrative claim of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation,” Judge Oleg Nefedov declared as he read out the court’s decision.

The hearing was held behind closed doors.

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The former Soviet Union fought a 10-year war in Afghanistan that ended with Moscow withdrawing its troops in 1989.

Russian officials have recently been emphasizing the need to engage with the Taliban.

In recent years, the Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan have removed the Taliban from their lists of terrorist groups.

Earlier, in a media interview, Russian Presidential envoy on Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov had ruled out full diplomatic recognition of the Taliban until a number of international requirements were met.

Formation of an inclusive government that would include representatives of various ethno-political groups, as well as the observance of basic human rights, especially in relation to women, were named among the key condition for it.

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