So he answered the question of RIA Novosti about whether Russia was in contact with representatives of the movement against the backdrop of reports of the recruitment of militants in Afghanistan for their subsequent shipment to Ukraine.

“The Taliban guaranteed that they would not allow (this. -

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) within their real capabilities.

And they are absolutely not hypocrites,” Kabulov assured.

Earlier, he said that some of the former Afghan special forces joined the Ukrainian Nazi groups.

Before that, it became known that 21 mercenaries from the United States were killed in Ukraine over the past four weeks.

Also, 36 mercenaries from Canada and 33 from Romania were eliminated.

* "Taliban" - the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.

** "Islamic State" (ISIS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.