Moscow. July 23. INTERFAX-The Russian authorities do not plan to exclude the Taliban movement from the list of banned organizations, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said
"There are no innovations in this issue yet. If there are any, we will inform you, " he told reporters, answering a corresponding question.
At the same time, the Kremlin representative noted that the "Taliban" movement" (banned in the Russian Federation-IF) is a tangible and quite powerful force that operates in Afghanistan." "It is important for us that everything that is happening in Afghanistan does not pose a threat to the perimeter of the borders of our partners, first of all, Tajikistan, of course," Peskov added
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the Taliban, according to some reports, control 70-80 percent of the territory of Afghanistan.
