Abstract
Kabul has tremendous importance in Moscow's strategic culture. Moscow has seen Kabul as a place for competition with the western world. Russia has fought in Afghanistan in the 1980s with different segments of Afghan society. After the complete silence of more than two decades, Russia has now started to take an interest in the internal politics of Afghanistan directly. Moscow has established strong ties with the political identities of Afghanistan. Russia has also found links with the Taliban in Afghanistan. America has also blamed Russia for supporting the Taliban militants against American and NATO forces in Afghanistan. Moscow hosted the Intra Afghan Talks in 2019 before starting the official peace process between America and the Taliban. Moscow now fully supports the initiatives has taken by the United States; Moscow wants a significant role in Afghanistan after the American withdrawal. Washington and Moscow are not on the same page on different issues, but both states are willing to bring peace to Afghanistan.
Highlights
Moscow has always seen Kabul from the lens of security
America and Russia stressed the Taliban to cut its ties with Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups working in Afghanistan against others (Iqbal, 2020)
Moscow is very keen to bring durable peace to Afghanistan because militant activities in Afghanistan have a spillover effect on the Central Asian states, which harms Kremlin’s security
Summary
Russia does not want disturbance on the border region among Afghanistan and the Central Asian States. New Delhi, Tehran and Islamabad want access to the Central Asian States. New Delhi wants to get these resources of CARs through Kabul. The Taliban will cut its ties with other terrorist groups and does not allow the use of Afghanistan's soil against America. Extremist activities in Afghanistan and the other Central Asian states spill over Moscow (Gohel & Bailey, 2020). After the peace deal between America and the Taliban, Russia and United States issued a clear statement that both parties would not accept the Taliban's Emirate model of government in Afghanistan. America and Russia stressed the Taliban to cut its ties with Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups working in Afghanistan against others (Iqbal, 2020).
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