Russian SVR chief meets Taliban intelligence chief in Afghanistan
SVR director Sergei Naryshkin traveled to Afghanistan for talks with Abdul Hak Vasik, head of the Taliban's intelligence agency.
Sergei Naryshkin, who leads Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, visited Afghanistan and held discussions with Abdul Hak Vasik, the director of the Islamic Emirate's intelligence department. The meeting w. Earlier, at a May security council meeting in Moscow, Federal Security Service chief Alexander Bortnikov highlighted the potential for joint action against drug trafficking with the Taliban. Russia's Supreme Court had previously suspended the ban on the Taliban movement in the country.
Why it matters
The meeting signals Russia's move toward cooperation with the Taliban on intelligence and drug-trafficking issues.
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