Russia hosts the Taliban for talks in Moscow on Oct. 20, seeking to assert its influence on Central Asia and push for action against Islamic State group fighters which it says have massed in perennially volatile Afghanistan.
France 24: Russia hosts Taliban for talks amid Islamic State group threat concerns
Head of the Taliban delegation, deputy prime minister Abdul Salam Hanafi (C) and other Taliban officials arrive at the President Hotel to attend an international conference on Afghanistan in Moscow on Oct. 20, 2021.
