The Taliban movement, which rules Afghanistan, is buying weapons and drones from Belarus with Russia’s consent, while India is acting as an intermediary in the deals, Afghanistan International reports, citing five former senior Afghan officials. According to them, contacts between Minsk and the Taliban intensified after the visit to Moscow by the movement’s defense minister Mohammad Yaqoob in late May and early June, when an agreement on military-technical cooperation was signed.

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Moscow and Kabul’s talks on bringing labor migrants from Afghanistan to Russia have reached an impasse, said Zamir Kabulov, the Russian president’s special representative for Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s ambassador Hassan Gul Hassan also did not name a date for the arrival of Afghan workers and said the process is still ongoing.

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Six million people have returned to Afghanistan from Pakistan and Iran in less than three years, the UNHCR said. At the Torkham crossing, many arrive with almost no money, housing, or belongings and start all over again.

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