Russian foreign intelligence chief arrives in Afghanistan on official visit

Sources say Sergei Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s foreign intelligence service, has arrived in Afghanistan on an official visit and met with Mawlawi Abdul Haq Wasiq, the head of intelligence of the Taliban administration.

According to these sources, the two sides discussed important issues during the meeting, but no details of those issues or the length of Naryshkin’s stay in Afghanistan have been disclosed.

The visit comes as security and political relations between Russia and the Taliban administration have drawn attention in recent years, but no further information has so far been released about the specific purpose of the meeting.