DUSHANBE (HRNW) – A Russia-led security bloc said Thursday that it planned to hold large military drills in Tajikistan next month amid what it described as a deteriorating situation in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Moscow has moved to cement its position as a key player in the region after the United States hasty retreat from Afghanistan and the Taliban s takeover of the country.
The general secretary of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) Stanislav Zas said the group would hold several “large scale exercises” in the ex-Soviet state.
Tajikistan is the only country out of the six-member bloc led by Russia that shares a border with Afghanistan.
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