Countries of the Collective Security Treaty (CSTO) began a cycle of military exercises “Border-2021”. This is reported by Izvestia.
In the first decade of August, bilateral teachings with the Russian side will be held simultaneously in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan. In the course of maneuvers, the troops will have to work out the destruction by joint groups of units of illegal armed groups, invading the territory of one of the allied states. In the fall of the teachings repeat.
it clarifies that the divisions are already focused on border with Afghanistan polygons. There are detachments of land forces, aviation, air defense, as well as intelligence and target designation.
On July 22, the Source in the State Committee of National Security (GKNB) Tajikistan reported that the Taliban controls 80 percent of the Afghan-Tajik border. The assistance of Tajikistan in the protection of state borders is provided by Russia as part of the CSTA Agreement, in particular, helps in the construction of the forehead on the border with Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan, there is a confrontation of government forces with the militants of the Taliban movement (prohibited in Russia), which were traded by considerable territories in rural areas and launched an offensive on major cities. The situation in the country aggravated after May 1 and NATO countries began the official conclusion of troops from the country.