page_title: Afghanistan–Russia relations
hierarchical_section_title: Afghanistan–Russia relations
caption_attribution_description: English: Embassy of Russia in Kabul.
context_page_description: Afghanistan–Russia relations are the relations between the nations of Afghanistan and Russia. These relations are independent of the "Great Game" which consists of Russian–British confrontations over Afghanistan since 1840. On 28 February 1921, Afghanistan and Soviet Russia signed a Friendship Treaty. The Soviet Union was the first country to recognize Afghanistan's independence following the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919.
  Following the Second World War, Afghanistan and the Soviet Union formed a friendly relationship, and the latter provided much aid and development to Afghanistan. The two countries signed a friendship treaty in 1978, and the following year Soviet Russia intervened in Afghanistan with Operation Storm-333. This action precipitated a negative reaction in most of the Muslim world deeming it as an invasion, and contributing to a decline in Afghanistan's prosperity and a strengthening of radical elements within the country. The Russian-backed Afghan government collapsed in 1992. However, Russo-Afghan relations have improved somewhat in the years following the conflict.
context_section_description: Afghanistan–Russia relations (Russian: Российско-афганские отношения) are the relations between the nations of Afghanistan and Russia. These relations are independent of the "Great Game" which consists of Russian–British confrontations over Afghanistan since 1840. On 28 February 1921, Afghanistan and Soviet Russia signed a Friendship Treaty. The Soviet Union was the first country to recognize Afghanistan's independence following the Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919.
  Following the Second World War, Afghanistan and the Soviet Union formed a friendly relationship, and the latter provided much aid and development to Afghanistan. The two countries signed a friendship treaty in 1978, and the following year Soviet Russia intervened in Afghanistan with Operation Storm-333. This action precipitated a negative reaction in most of the Muslim world deeming it as an invasion, and contributing to a decline in Afghanistan's prosperity and a strengthening of radical elements within the country. The Russian-backed Afghan government collapsed in 1992. However, Russo-Afghan relations have improved somewhat in the years following the conflict. Russia now has an embassy in Kabul and a consulate-general in Mazar-e-Sharif, and Afghanistan has an embassy in Moscow.
  Afghanistan is also one of the countries that has recognised the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in 2014.
caption: Russian embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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