Can Russia help ease tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan?
Russia has close ties with the Taliban and is courting Islamabad, but analysts say its leverage remains uncertain.

Russia has close ties with the Taliban and is courting Islamabad, but analysts say its leverage remains uncertain.






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