#Russia and Central Asia powerbrokers agreed Wednesday to work with the #Taliban to promote #security in the region and called on #Afghanistan's new leaders to implement "moderate" policies. Moscow hosted the Taliban for talks in the Russian capital, seeking to assert its influence in the region and push for action against Islamic State fighters, which it says have massed in perennially volatile Afghanistan.

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