Author: Curtis Holt

The official authorities in Kabul assure Dushanbe that there is no need to expect threats from the territory of Afghanistan. The situation in the Central Asian region remains tense. The threats come from militants of terrorist organizations who have taken refuge in Afghanistan. The number of the “Islamic State” (IS) banned in the Russian Federation in Afghanistan is estimated at 6.5 thousand people. Most of them – 4 thousand – are concentrated on the border with Tajikistan. Such data was provided by the head of the CSTO Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, summing up the activities of the military alliance for 2022 and outlining…