Spencer News,With
the number of ISIS fighters growing in regional neighbor Afghanistan,
Russian President Vladimir Putin is turning to an old enemy -- the
Taliban -- to share intelligence.
A
spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said the
contact between Moscow and the Afghan Taliban only involves
intelligence-sharing and information exchange regarding the fight
against ISIS.
Why would Putin
put himself in a risky spot by working with the Taliban? It's a case of
aligning himself with the enemy of his enemy.
A
U.S. commander last month told Congress that ISIS has gained strength
in Afghanistan in recent months, with as many as 3,000 fighters there.
Putin
has long worried about thousands of jihadists from Russia's Caucusus
region and the former Soviet republics going to fight with ISIS in
Syria.
Russia, Taliban share intelligence in fight against ISIS
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