INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have reviewed the current situation in Afghanistan in a joint
meeting held on Thursday in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.According to the TASS news agency, the Collective Security Treaty Organization
emphasized strengthening foreign policy, improving crisis response mechanisms, and expanding cooperation with other international and
regional organizations.The participants also discussed countering terrorist threats and drug trafficking.The CSTO had previously stated that
terrorist groups are actively present in Afghanistan, and drug trafficking continues from the country.Earlier, the head of the Joint Staff
of CSTO, General Anatoly Siderov, stated that the Islamic Emirate does not have control over all parts of northern Afghanistan and therefore
they would take special security measures on the borders with Afghanistan.However, IEA&s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid assures that the
geography of Afghanistan is not a threat to any country and no group is allowed to create a threat to another country from the territory of
Afghanistan.&The concern that the Collective Security Treaty Organization has expressed is not true, we have repeatedly expressed the
position of the Islamic Emirate that Afghanistan is not a threat to anyone and does not harm anyone, said Mujahid.&Unfortunately, there are
some circles that try to spread propaganda or threaten Afghanistan, which is not true,& he added.The heads of state from Russia, Tajikistan,
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and the Secretary General of the CSTO attended this meeting.Earlier, Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon, the
presidents of Russia and Tajikistan, discussed Afghanistan and regional security in Moscow.The post CSTO member countries discuss
situation in Afghanistan first appeared on Ariana News.
