The Top Court in Russia has Removed the Taliban’s Classification as a Terror Group

As U.S. and NATO soldiers were in the last weeks of leaving Afghanistan after two decades of war, the Taliban took control of the country in August 2021. The action by the Russian court was a diplomatic win for the Taliban, who were listed as terrorist groups by Moscow in 2003, making any interaction with them illegal under Russian law.

Meanwhile, as Moscow has attempted to establish itself as a regional power broker, Taliban delegations have participated in a number of events that Russia has held.

The court’s decision in response to a plea from the Prosecutor General’s Office came after a statute was passed last year that said a court might suspend an organization’s formal classification as a terrorist organisation.

Moscow withdrew its soldiers from Afghanistan in 1989 after the former Soviet Union battled there for ten years. In order to stabilise Afghanistan, Russian authorities have increasingly emphasised the need of working with the Taliban. The Central Asian countries of Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan have taken the Taliban off their terrorist lists in recent years.

Soon after seizing power in 2021, the Taliban began imposing restrictions on women and girls, despite their earlier pledge of more moderate governance compared to their previous term in office from 1996 to 2001. Girls are prohibited from attending school past the sixth grade, and women are prohibited from the majority of occupations and public areas, such as parks, swimming pools, and gyms.

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