{"id":15044,"date":"2026-06-13T08:45:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/13\/russia-afghanistan-military-cooperation-regional-concerns\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T08:45:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T08:45:24","slug":"russia-afghanistan-military-cooperation-regional-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/13\/russia-afghanistan-military-cooperation-regional-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Expansion of Russian Military Cooperation with Afghanistan Raises Regional Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reports indicate that the expansion of military and technical cooperation between Russia and Afghanistan could significantly impact the security and political dynamics of Central and South Asia. This cooperation is emerging while Afghanistan remains under Taliban control, with any new security agreements heightening regional sensitivities.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Moscow is striving to strengthen its influence in Afghanistan. This move could alter the balance of power in the region and affect the security interactions among neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s closer ties with Afghanistan are likely to spark concerns in both Pakistan and China, countries that have distinct strategic and security interests in Afghanistan. Any changes in the level of military cooperation could lead these countries to reevaluate their security calculations.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, these developments will attract the attention of the United States and European nations. Experts believe that increasing military engagement with the Taliban-led administration, in the absence of a clear and accountable framework, could affect regional stability and raise questions about Afghanistan&#8217;s future political and security orientations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s expanding military cooperation with Taliban-controlled Afghanistan raises security concerns among regional powers including Pakistan, China, the US, and Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}