Sputnik: CSTO Rapid Reaction Forces Carry Out Military Exercises in Tajikistan
CSTO holds military exercises of its rapid reaction forces on Sunday in Tajikistan.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) holds military exercises of its rapid reaction forces on Sunday in Tajikistan, CSTO said in a statement.
"Military contingents at the Harbmaydon site in the south of the country exercise units’ coordination, as well as the practical skills with elements of live firing," the statement reads.
Update: Russia Flexes Central Asia Military Might -- Defense News/AFP
WNU Editor: Tajikistan shares a border with Afghanistan .... and with the Taliban escalating their military operations in Afghanistan, fears for the future grow.
2 comments:
Whoa. Russian wants ownership of Afghanistan back? They can have it.
During and after the Chechen Wars, the "supply route" into Russia, of Islamic terror goups for money, manpower and weapons, were:
- from Afghanistan via Tajikistand and Uzbeckistan, with various Lslamic terror groups such as the UIA, having cells in Tajikistan and Uzbeckistan,
- from Georgia via the Panskir Gorge.
In the aftermath of the Second Chechen War, these terror groups were driven out of Russia, Georgia, Uzbeckistan and Tajikistan, into Afghanistan, where they made common cause with the Talkban.
With the Taliban takeover of Kunduz Province, the potential re-opening of this terrorist highway into Russia, is a threat.
Russia, Uzbeckistan and Takikistan simply want to keep these terrorist groups contained in Afghanistan and The NWFP of Pakistan.
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