Russia’s top court lifts terror group designation on Afghanistan’s Taliban

Russia’s top court removes the Taliban’s terror group designation

The ruling does not amount to formal recognition for the Taliban authorities

This is no surprise: the normalization of relations between Moscow and the Taliban has been in progress for several years. On Thursday, 17 April, the Russian Supreme Court formalized the withdrawal of the Taliban from the list of terrorist organizations, a measure, she said, "with immediate effect".

For a long time, the Russian leadership has stretched out its feelers to the Taliban in Afghanistan. Now, the Islamist organization is being removed from the terrorist list and relations are being improved.

The Supreme Court of Russia has granted the Prosecutor General's application to suspend the ban on the activities of the Taliban movement, reports TASS.

Russia Removes Afghanistan's Taliban From Terror List In Step Toward Recognition

Russia’s Supreme Court removed Afghanistan's militant Taliban rulers from its list of banned terrorist groups in a step toward recognizing the group that seized power in 2021 as international forces withdrew from the war-torn country.

While Russia's government is branding the LGBTQI+ movement as a terrorist, it is approaching Islamists: the Taliban are no longer considered a terrorist organization.