China News Service, August 15th. According to a report from the Russian Satellite Network on the 15th, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that Russia temporarily does not recognize the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan and is preparing to cooperate with the Transitional Government of Afghanistan.
According to reports, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that Russia is ready to cooperate with the Afghan Transitional Government, and Russia has always advocated the formation of a transitional government.
Afghan soldiers on the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2021.
In addition, the press secretary of the Russian Embassy in Kabul, Nikita Ishenko, said that the situation in Kabul was tense but no war broke out. The Russian Embassy was not threatened and there was no need to evacuate personnel.
Ishenko said: "The situation in Kabul is a bit tense, but there is no war in the city."
The Russian President’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said earlier that Moscow is not preparing to withdraw the Russian embassy from Kabul, and the embassy is working quietly.
In recent weeks, the situation in Afghanistan has escalated, with Taliban militants attacking the country’s major cities.
On August 15, a spokesperson for the Taliban armed forces confirmed that the Taliban had entered Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
The spokesperson said that the Taliban entered Kabul to deal with "law and order issues."
On the same day, Afghan President Ghani agreed to resign from his presidency and leave Afghanistan for Tajikistan.