MOSCOW: (Apr 16) The Russian apex court is expected to pronounce its verdict on Thursday on an appeal filed by the Prosecutor General’s Office seeking to lift a ban on the Afghan Taliban, a move towards full diplomatic recognition of the Kabul regime.
Russia had proscribed the Afghan Taliban as a terrorist outfit in 2003.
According to local media reports, Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov had filed a petition in the Supreme Court with a request to lift the ban on the Taliban and an in camera hearing will be held on Thursday.
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