The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday that the claims that Russia was supplying arms to the Taliban movement are groundless.
"We have certainly seen the reports," Davis told reporters. "We are not able to comment on our assessment whether they are true or not, but certainly any effort to arm a group like that would be destabilizing."
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier that Moscow is only working with the Taliban in order to assist the implementation of a UN Security Council decision requested by the Afghan government that would allow the group to take a role in the political process. Lavrov also called accusations from the United States that it is supplying the Taliban with weapons baseless and unprofessional.
Earlier, Director of the US Defense Intelligence Agency Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart said in his testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee said that there was no evidence Russia had transferred weapons or money to the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Taliban is an Islamist terror organization that seeks to establish a strict Sharia law in Afghanistan.