MONITORING (SW) – There is an increasing risk that terrorist groups from Afghanistan will infiltrate the countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), the organization’s Secretary General Imangali TTasmagambetov has said.
“There is an increasing risk that terrorist groups and extremist ideas will infiltrate the territories of our CSTO allies. Complex threats coming from Afghanistan are of particular concern,” he pointed out, addressing a meeting of senior officials from the organization’s Secretariat and Joint Headquarters.
Tasmagambetov noted that apart from various terrorist groups, the forces behind illicit drug production and trafficking were also strengthening their positions in Afghanistan, reported Tass news.
Responding to such concerns in the past, the Islamic Emirate has consistently denied the presence of terrorist groups, especially ISIS, in Afghanistan and said that it has suppressed this group. Officials of the Islamic Emirate have added that the perpetrators of some ISIS attacks in Afghanistan come from outside.
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