Serious concern about “the security situation in the context of the terrorist threat in Afghanistan” was expressed by foreign ministers of member states of the Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) following a November 28 collective security council meeting of the defence bloc in Astana. In comments to the media given after the gathering in the Kazakh capital, Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to the situation in Afghanistan as “complex”, but added: ‘We cannot ignore the fact that the situation in the country is stabilising. We are engaged in bilateral relations wit…

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