Russia is exchanging information with the Taliban and sees shared interest with the insurgents when it comes to counteracting the spread of ISIS, AFP reports.
"Taliban interests objectively coincide with ours," Zamir Kabulov, head of the department at the Russian foreign ministry responsible for Afghanistan who is also a Kremlin special representative in the country, told Interfax news agency.
"I have said before that we have communication channels with the Taliban to exchange information," he said.
Russia considers the Taliban a terrorist group and it is banned in the country, along with ISIS.