Intensifying concerns about terrorism and instability emanating from Afghanistan, alongside economic opportunities, will drive increased international engagement with the Afghan Taliban in the coming years, though the group's hard-line religious rule and continuing links to other militant groups will likely put a ceiling on the level of foreign engagement and deter many countries from formally recognizing the regime diplomatically. On May 28, Russia's special presidential envoy for Afghanistan told state-run news agency TASS that Russia's foreign and justice ministries had advised President Vladimir Putin that the Afghan Taliban could ''be removed'' from Moscow's list of designated terrorist organizations. The move comes days after the chief of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) explicitly acknowledged on May 24 to state-run news agency RIA Novosti that the Afghanistan-based Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) was responsible for the March 22 terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, which Russia had for weeks...