BISHKEK: Kamchybek Tashiyev, the head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, has sounded the alarm regarding the increasing presence of terrorist groups in northern Afghanistan. He stressed the potential danger to the southern borders of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member countries.
Addressing a security meeting of the CIS, Tashiyev highlighted how international terrorist organizations, capitalizing on global social and political tensions, are advancing their strategic agendas. He emphasized the growing concentration of terrorists in Afghanistan’s northern regions as a significant risk to CIS countries’ southern borders.
Similarly, Alexander Bortnikov, the director of the Russian Federal Security Service, emphasized the threat posed by the strengthening and expansion of terrorist networks and branches of international terrorist organizations in the Afghan-Pakistani region.
Speaking at a gathering of the Council of Heads of National Security Enforcement Agencies and Special Services of the CIS, Bortnikov noted the Taliban’s efforts to combat notorious terrorist groups.
While recognizing both concerns and positive developments in Afghanistan, Bortnikov acknowledged the active efforts of Afghan authorities to stabilize the situation, counter-terrorist organizations, and strengthen external borders to prevent militant infiltration from regional conflict zones. He praised the ongoing dialogue between Afghan authorities and CIS special services as a constructive step.
Expressing confidence in the Taliban’s ability to restore order in Afghanistan, Bortnikov stressed the importance of non-interference by external actors in Kabul’s affairs. He viewed collaborative efforts to combat international terrorism with Afghanistan’s new authorities as promising.
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