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Russia scraps Taliban's 'terror' label amid warming ties

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with students of the Bauman Moscow State Technical University in Moscow on April 16, 2025. [AFP]

Russia's Supreme Court on Thursday removed the Taliban's designation as a "terrorist organisation", a symbolic gesture aimed at building friendly ties with Afghanistan's de facto rulers.

The Islamist group seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021, when American forces supporting the country's internationally recognised government pulled out.

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