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The Moscow format and Afghan Taliban SOUTH Asia and Central Asia post US exit from Afghanistan are seen by many as global predictors for the rise of Chinese influence and a resurgent Russia. The invitation to the Taliban to take part in a meeting of the Moscow Format on Afghanistan held on October 20th 2021 is a continuation of various initiatives taken both by China and Russia to engage with the Taliban to give them political space and subsequently incorporate them in the peace process. However, the final nail in the coffin was the US talking directly to the Afghan...
