Russian President Vladimir Putin has discussed the situation in Afghanistan with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, and the heads of state have agreed to remain in close contact, the Kremlin press service said.
During the telephone conversation, Russian President Vladimir Putin warmly congratulated the President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon on his birthday. ", - says in the message.
He added that Vladimir Putin had earlier sent a congratulatory telegram to Emomali Rahmon.
In early August, the Taliban ("Taliban movement" banned in the Russian Federation and recognized as a terrorist) intensified their offensive against Afghan government forces, entered Kabul on August 15, and announced the next day that the war was over. In the last two weeks of August, there has been a massive evacuation of Western nationals and collaborators from Kabul airport, which is under US military protection. On the night of August 31, the U.S. military left Kabul airport, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan. In early September, the composition of the Afghan interim government, led by Mohammed Hassan Akhund, who held the foreign ministry's chairmanship during the first Taliban rule * and was under UN sanctions since 2001, was announced.. 

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