What's Russia's Foreign Spy Chief Doing In Kabul?

Chief of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Sergey Naryshkin arrived in Kabul on Wednesday amidst speculation that Russia might arm the Taliban against ISIS-K. A fake news report at the beginning of the month claimed that India is financing the Taliban's purchase of Belarusian drones with Russia's approval, but this analysis here of the latest sequence in Russian-Pakistani relations argues that it might have been planted by Pakistan. The purpose, it seems, is to create the pretext for a chill in bilateral ties.