{"id":121448,"date":"2025-01-12T15:28:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-12T12:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121448\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"belarusian-diplomat-meets-senior-taliban-member-branded-as-terrorist-by-kgb","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121448\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarusian diplomat meets senior Taliban member branded as terrorist by KGB"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lukashevich_taliban_mid_afganistana.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lukashevich_taliban_mid_afganistana.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lukashevich_taliban_mid_afganistana-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lukashevich_taliban_mid_afganistana-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lukashevich_taliban_mid_afganistana-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/lukashevich_taliban_mid_afganistana-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(mfa.gov.af)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 12, <em>Pozirk. <\/em><\/strong>Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Siarhiej \u0141uka\u0161evi\u010d\u2019s visit to Afghanistan\u2019s Kabul featured a meeting with his Afghan counterpart Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Afghan foreign ministry reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stanikzai, a senior member of the Taliban fundamentalist group that has been in power in Afghanistan since 2021, described the meeting as \u201can important event in the bilateral relations between Belarus and Afghanistan,\u201d as well as \u201ca good start to long-term cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u0141uka\u0161evi\u010d reportedly expressed Minsk&#8217;s intentions to lay the foundation for cooperation with Afghanistan in various areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian foreign ministry did not report on the visit. The Committee for State Security (KGB) included Stanikzai in its register \u201cpersons involved in terrorist activities,\u201d <em>reform.news<\/em> noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Taliban is considered a terrorist organization in several countries, including Russia, yet Moscow openly cooperates with the groups after its return to power in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/pozirk_color_blank_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Belarus, Myanmar plan activities \u2013 foreign ministry<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">January 10, Pozirk. Belarusian Foreign Minister Maksim Ry\u017eanko\u016d and U Than Swe, his counterpart from Myanmar, identified priorities and outlined a contacts schedule for 2025, Belarusian foreign ministry\u2019s press office reported. The officials agreed to finalize draft bilateral agreements, it &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/121215\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 12, Pozirk. Belarusian Deputy Foreign Minister Siarhiej \u0141uka\u0161evi\u010d\u2019s visit to Afghanistan\u2019s Kabul featured a meeting with his Afghan counterpart Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Afghan foreign ministry reported. Stanikzai, a senior member of the Taliban fundamentalist group that has been in power in Afghanistan since 2021, described the meeting as \u201can important event in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":121444,"template":"","rubric":[14],"class_list":["post-121448","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Belarusian diplomat meets senior Taliban member branded as terrorist by KGB | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 12, Pozirk. 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