Afghanistan’s North is Threat to Member Countries: CSTO

 A Russian Colonel-General has claimed that the north of Afghanistan is a threat for the members of the CSTO.

Russia’s TASS news agency quoted General Anatoly Sidorov as saying that the members of the Joint Staff of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) are voting to curb the threat of terrorism from Afghanistan.

This official added that the current leadership of Afghanistan does not yet fully have the situation in the country under control.

“As of today, there is no overarching problem regarding military security or military danger coming from the territory of Afghanistan. However, at the same time we realize that the current leadership of Afghanistan does not yet fully have the situation in the country under control, including in the northern areas that border CSTO member states. Therefore, certain measures are being taken,” said Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, chief of the CSTO Joint Staff.

However, the Islamic Emirate rejected this claim and said that northern Afghanistan is one of the safe parts of the country and pledged that Afghanistan’s soil is not a threat to any country.

Zabihullah Mujahid added that the entire geography of the country is under the administration of the Islamic Emirate.

“There is a general certainty that all of Afghanistan is under the control of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, secondly, all of Afghanistan is safe and there is no one arbitrarily armed or posing threats to anyone or to any place or causing anxiety outside the territory of Afghanistan,” Mujahid said.

At the same time, a number of political analysts believe that the Islamic Emirate should make more efforts in providing security in order to solve the concerns of neighboring countries and the region.

“The meetings held about Afghanistan are undoubtedly in the interest of the people of Afghanistan and everyone is looking for the interests of their country and they are waiting to see which bloc Afghanistan will join,” Salim Paigir, a political analyst, told TOLOnews.

“These expressions of concern are political surfing … Some people will turn against the government of Kabul in order to accommodate the strategic depth of their political interests in governance,” said Mohammad Zulmai Afghanyar, another political analyst.

This is while the countries of the world have always expressed concern about the presence of terrorist groups in the country, but the Islamic Emirate has always pledged that Afghanistan’s soil will not be used against any country.