1. Mid shot Russian President Vladimir Putin's plane taxiing 2. Cutaway airport building 3. Putin leaving plane and shaking hands with Tajik officials 4. Wide shot plane 5. Putin walking across tarmac 6. Exterior building 7. Afghanistan's deposed president Burnahuddin Rabbini and Putin shaking hands 8. Various meeting between Putin and Rabbini 9. Various Putin and Rabbini walking 10. Various meeting between Putin, Rabbini and Tajik President, Emomali Rakhmonov 11. Cutaway cameraman 12. Putin, Rabbini and Rakhmonov sitting down at news conference 13. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President: "We confirmed the commitment of the Russian Federation to continue the supporting of the government of the Islamic state of Afghanistan in military and technical fields. We confirmed our commitment and expressed our concrete plans to help the people of Afghanistan by delivering them humanitarian aid." 14. Cutaway reporters 15. SOUNDBITE: (Russian) Vladimir Putin, Russian President: "The Taliban regime discredited itself by cooperating with international terrorism and we are absolutely sure that they should not be represented in the future government of the Islamic state of Afghanistan." 16. Mid shot Putin, Rabbini and Rakhmonov seated 17. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Burnahuddin Rabbani, Afghanistan's deposed president: "We started the fighting in several provinces, such as Tahar. We started liberating Talukan and northern parts of the province of Kabul so that we have the possibility of destroying the Taliban in this region." 18. Cutaway Putin talking to Rakhmonov 19. SOUNDBITE: (Farsi) Burnahuddin Rabbani, Afghanistan's deposed president: "Osama bin Laden is still in the territory of Afghanistan." 20. Cutaway reporters 21. Putin, Rabbini and Rakhmonov posing for photos STORYLINE: Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged to continue his country's political and military support for the opposition Northern Alliance in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban should be excluded from Afghanistan's future government. Putin was speaking at the end of a tripartite meeting with his Tajik counterpart Emomali Rakhmonov and Afghanistan's deposed president Burnahuddin Rabbani in the Tajik capital Dushanbe on Monday. Meeting separately with Rabbani before the three-sided session, Putin said Russia recognised his government as legitimate and supported it. Putin also met separately with Rakhmonov during the unexpected summit held for about two hours at Rakhmonov's guest house compound in Dushanbe. Rakhmonov told reporters the summit was arranged by Putin. The three leaders issued a joint statement promising to intensify their efforts aimed at stabilizing the situation in Afghanistan and the region as a whole and providing humanitarian aid to displaced people. Putin made a pre-dawn stopover in Tajikistan as he was returning to Moscow from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum's summit in Shanghai, China. Accompanied to Tajikistan by Russia's Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, Putin followed his Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov and the head of Moscow's Federal Security Service Nikolai Patrushev, who met Rakhmonov and top defence and security officials on Sunday. Moscow has backed Rabbani's government as well as the Northern Alliance, the military wing of the opposition to the fundamentalist Taliban militia that controls most of the country. Tajikistan is close to the Alliance, which has a strong ethnic Tajik component. Ivanov said countries that actively support the Northern Alliance, such as Russia, Iran and Tajikistan, needed to share their views so as to enhance their cooperation in the fight against terrorism. You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/319dfcbbb6db69cdf455255402a62772 Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork

• published: 21 Jul 2015
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