Is Russia Providing Military Aid To The Afghan Taliban?

Radio Free Europe: Dushanbe Probing Claim Taliban Tanks Being Repaired In Tajikistan

Tajik authorities are looking into claims by an Afghan official that Taliban tanks and other heavy weapons are being repaired by Russian engineers in Tajikistan.

Muhammadjon Ulughkhojaev, a spokesman for Tajikistan’s border guard agency, said on January 2 that the allegations are "baseless."

But he added he is unaware of all details of the allegations.

Ulughkhojaev said the border guard agency “has been looking into the claim,” will study the Afghan media reports, and will report on the results of their investigation.

The Afghan Defense Ministry's deputy spokesman, Mohammad Radmanish, was also skeptical of such reports.

Radmanish said on January 2 that he doesn't think it is possible "to transport heavy weaponry to the other side of the Amu-Darya River" that marks the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

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Update: Tajikistan probing alleged Russia support to Taliban via its soil (Khaama Press)

WNU Editor: I doubt that such aid is being given .... memories of the Soviet - afghan War are still fresh in the minds of many Russians. But stories like this one are raising eyebrows .... Russia Blocking Afghan Peace Deal (WSJ).