Russian Embassy Murders in Kabul May Signal New Isolation For Taliban

Russians, Pakistanis, Chinese all back away from Afghan regime

By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

On September 5, two Russian embassy staff were killed and others were injured in a suicide attack carried out by the Islamic State – Khorasan (IS-K) in Kabul, the first major assault on Russia inside Afghanistan since the US withdrawal a year ago.

While the attack itself indicates how tenuous the security situation is on the ground …