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On August 3, Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s presidential envoy to Afghanistan, claimed that the Taliban’s victories in the embattled country’s north did not pose a terror threat to Central Asia.Kabulov made those remarks at a forum on public diplomacy in Moscow as the Taliban gains ground against Afghan government forces after U.S. troop withdrawals. Last week the militant Islamists captured Zaranj, the capital of Nimruz Province, Sheberghan, capital of Jowzjan province, and on Sunday, August 8, two more provincial capitals: Kunduz and Taleqan. The Taliban has also taken control over Afghanistan’s borders with Tajikistan and Turkmenistan, both of them former Soviet republics in Central Asia in which Russia maintains a military presence.Interactive Map: Taliban Control In Afghanistan Then And NowCommenting on Taliban advances, Kabulov claimed the group has no ties with any terrorist organizations, including Islamic State and al-Qaida. He said there was not a single fact" in Taliban history showing the group posed a threat to Central Asia.Without evidence
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