Minister of Education in the interim government of Afghanistan formed by the radical Taliban movement (banned in the Russian Federation) Neda Mohammad Nadeem has arrived in Kazan. This was reported on Wednesday by the Afghan agency Khaama Press, citing a representative of the agency.
According to the agency, Nadeem plans to meet with Russian officials and Afghan students during the trip.
Earlier, a Taliban government delegation took part in the International Economic Forum "Russia - Islamic World: KazanForum" held on May 18-19 this year. Russian President's Special Representative for Afghanistan and Director of the Second Asia Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zamir Kabulov told TASS that the Taliban delegation members participating in the event were not on the UN Security Council sanctions list.
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Based on materials from TASS