Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that hardened guerrillas from Iraq and Syria “” Active “entered Afghanistan.” The situation in Afghanistan is not easy, “Putin said during video conferencing with the Head of the Ex-Soviet state security services.” Militants from Iraq, Syria with experience in military operations actively drawn there, “he said.” It is possible that terrorists might try to disrupt the situation in neighboring countries, “he added, the warning that they could even try” direct expansion “.
Putin has repeatedly warned about members of extremist groups that exploit political turmoil in Afghanistan to cross to former Soviet countries adjacent to refugees.
While Moscow was carefully optimistic about the leadership of the new Taliban in Kabul, Kremlin was concerned with instability to shed to Central Asia at Central Asia at where he has a military base.
After the Taliban takeover, ru Sia holds military training with former Soviet Tajikistan – where he operates military bases – and in Uzbekistan.
Both countries share the border with Afghanistan.
The Head of National Security Tajikistan, Saumumin Yatimov, for its part told video conferencing that he had registered “intensification” efforts “smuggling drugs, weapons, ammunition” from Afghanistan to his country.
Afghanistan has long been the largest producer of opium and heroin in the world, with the benefits of illegal trade that helps and funds the Taliban.
Previously on Wednesday the French President Emmanuel Macron hosted the leader of the Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon in Paris, vowed to help the Asian country maintain stability.
While the Taliban said it did not pose a threat to Central Asian countries, the Republic of the former Soviets in the region had previously been targeted by attacks associated with Afghan Islamist allies.
Last week the Kremlin envoy to Afghanistan, Zamir Kabulov, said Russia would invite the Taliban to Moscow for international talks about Afghanistan scheduled for October 20.