precurseors of the taliban, the mujahedin and now they re aligning themselves with them? putin was a chief enemy of the taliban shortly after 9/11. these days it appears putin is thinking more about the isis threat in afghanistan and that maybe the enemy and the enemy of his enemy he can work with. but this is not without significant risk for the russian president. one of america s chief an tag onnists, tonight begun reaching out to a top american enemy. putin s government is in contact with the taliban in afghanistan over the sharing of intelligence. that s according to a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman who sells cnn putin s doing this to help the taliban fight the common enemy, isis. the official says the kremlin won t be giving weapons to the taliban. but why would putin who s been a chief enemy of the taliban want to help them now? u.s. commanders say isis has gained strength in afghanistan in recent months with up to 3,000 fighters there. putin s long been worried about t