In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Russia And Afghan Taliban Sign Military Deal

(Farangis Najibullah (RFE/RL) Russia and Afghanistan’s Taliban government have signed a military agreement, in a move that signals deepening cooperation between the sides, experts said. The deal was signed on May 27 by Sergei Shoigu, secretary of Russia’s Security Council, and the Taliban’s defense minister, Mohammad Yaqub, on the sidelines of a security forum outside of Moscow, Russian media reported. Neither side has released the text of the military cooperation agreement or offered details about its scope, making it difficult to gauge whether the deal represents a substantive shift in military cooperation or a symbolic political gesture, experts said. – In Sign Of Deepening Ties, Russia And Afghan Taliban Sign Military Deal