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A thread to follow Russia's comments and actions regarding the situation in Afghanistan and the Taliban threat.
With Russia now having sent land, sea and air forces to Syria and some even speculating nuclear missiles on a submarine next to Syria, Russia has shown a more robust attitude to geo-strategic security. Just as Russia has got involved in Syria in the long-term it may consider having to do something similar in Afghanistan in an emergency scenario.
I cannot find the link but apparently in the past week the Russian General staff have said they will "bomb Afghanistan too" if needed, i.e. presumably not an attack on the country but just as in Syria to help the government deal with militants and terrorists.
Russian General Staff calls SCO to pool efforts against threats from Afghanistan
Military & Defense October 08,
The emerging military-political situation in Central Asia indicate that the SCO member states’ joint efforts to negate the regional security threats are badly needed, official said
MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should pool their efforts in order to prevent the use of Afghanistan as a tool for aggravating the situation in Central Asia, Sergei Istrakov, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff, said at an international conference on Afghanistan on Thursday.
"The emerging military-political situation in Central Asia and its estimated future indicate that the SCO member states’ joint efforts to negate the regional security threats emanating from Afghanistan are badly needed. Therefore, the capabilities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are utterly timely and relevant," Istrakov said.
He added the SCO countries were trying to neutralize the security threats independently "by taking unilateral economic, political and humanitarian measures". "The attempts no not enable them to stand up to new challenges and threats effectively," the General Staff deputy chief stressed.
Istrakov cited as an example the settlement of the Syrian crisis that proved that the efforts taken by the western counterterrorist coalition to fight the Islamic State have been in vain, "because the coalition members have different objectives and take uncoordinated efforts, and their activities boil down to simulating a proactive fight.".
Istrakov is saying Russia, China and the central Asian countries need to be united in tackling the Taliban threat in Afghanistan as unilateral action does not "enable them to stand up to new challenges and threats effectively".
With Russia now having sent land, sea and air forces to Syria and some even speculating nuclear missiles on a submarine next to Syria, Russia has shown a more robust attitude to geo-strategic security. Just as Russia has got involved in Syria in the long-term it may consider having to do something similar in Afghanistan in an emergency scenario.
I cannot find the link but apparently in the past week the Russian General staff have said they will "bomb Afghanistan too" if needed, i.e. presumably not an attack on the country but just as in Syria to help the government deal with militants and terrorists.
Russian General Staff calls SCO to pool efforts against threats from Afghanistan
Military & Defense October 08,
The emerging military-political situation in Central Asia indicate that the SCO member states’ joint efforts to negate the regional security threats are badly needed, official said
MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS-DEFENSE/. The member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) should pool their efforts in order to prevent the use of Afghanistan as a tool for aggravating the situation in Central Asia, Sergei Istrakov, deputy chief of the Russian General Staff, said at an international conference on Afghanistan on Thursday.
"The emerging military-political situation in Central Asia and its estimated future indicate that the SCO member states’ joint efforts to negate the regional security threats emanating from Afghanistan are badly needed. Therefore, the capabilities of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are utterly timely and relevant," Istrakov said.
He added the SCO countries were trying to neutralize the security threats independently "by taking unilateral economic, political and humanitarian measures". "The attempts no not enable them to stand up to new challenges and threats effectively," the General Staff deputy chief stressed.
Istrakov cited as an example the settlement of the Syrian crisis that proved that the efforts taken by the western counterterrorist coalition to fight the Islamic State have been in vain, "because the coalition members have different objectives and take uncoordinated efforts, and their activities boil down to simulating a proactive fight.".
Istrakov is saying Russia, China and the central Asian countries need to be united in tackling the Taliban threat in Afghanistan as unilateral action does not "enable them to stand up to new challenges and threats effectively".
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