Russia sees no threat to Central Asia from Taliban, presidential envoy says – World – TASS

MOSCOW, August 16. /TASS/. Moscow sees no threat from the Taliban movement (outlawed in Russia) to Central Asian countries, Russian Special Presidential Envoy for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov told Channel One on Monday. “We see no direct threat to our allies in Central Asia. There are no facts proving otherwise,” he pointed out. Kabulov emphasized that Russia had established contact with the Taliban movement in advance. “We have long built ties and contact with the Taliban movement,” he said. “The fact that we laid the groundwork for a conversation with Afghanistan's new authorities in advance is a Russian foreign policy achievement,…