Afghanistan Peace CampaignAccording to the report, the approved law allows Russia’s Supreme Court to suspend the ban on groups that have been blacklisted by Moscow.
Reuters has reported that the Russian parliament passed a law yesterday paving the way for normalizing relations with Afghanistan’s interim government.
According to the report, the approved law allows Russia’s Supreme Court to suspend the ban on groups that have been blacklisted by Moscow.
Reuters stated in part of its report: “Russia’s parliament passed a law on Tuesday that would allow courts to suspend bans on groups designated by Moscow as terrorist organisations – paving the way for it to normalise ties with the Afghan Taliban.”
Idris Mohammadi Zazi, a political analyst, commented on Russia’s move, saying: “I commend this decision by the Russian parliament in the current context. It can further strengthen political and economic relations between Russia and Afghanistan and enhance political stability in Afghanistan and the region.”
Earlier, the lower house of the Russian parliament, the Duma, approved a bill on the 20th of this month, enabling the removal of the “Taliban” name from the country’s blacklist. Afghanistan’s interim government called this a significant step in expanding relations between Russia and the Islamic Emirate.
Sayed Akbar Sial Wardak, another political analyst, said: “There are many positive aspects to this. It builds political trust at the regional and global levels, which could lead other countries to make similar decisions regarding the Islamic Emirate in the future.”
Meanwhile, two Central Asian countries, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, have removed the Islamic Emirate from their list of terrorist groups earlier this year.