The Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit with the Supreme Court demanding the suspension of the ban on the activities of the terrorist movement 'Taliban' in Russia, reports TASS. The hearing will take place on April 17.
Earlier, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice asked Vladimir Putin to exclude the 'Taliban' from the list of terrorist organizations. In December 2024, the State Duma adopted a bill that allows the exclusion of the Afghan 'Taliban' and other terrorist organizations from the list of banned ones by court decision. As stated in the law, there must be 'factual data that such an organization, after being included in the said list, ceased activities aimed at propaganda, justification, and support of terrorism'.
Before the adoption of this law, Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu visited Kabul on an official visit and stated that Russia intends to recognize the power of the 'Taliban' in Afghanistan.
The 'Taliban' was recognized as a terrorist organization in Russia in 2003. In 2021, the 'Taliban' seized power in Afghanistan after the withdrawal of American troops. In recent years, Russia has actively cooperated with members of the terrorist organization, but the ban has not yet been lifted.
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