Russia Bolsters Base on Afghan Border Amid ‘Hasty’ U.S. Exit
- Shoigu warns of threat from Islamic State in Afghanistan
- Russia has been developing relations with the Taliban
Russia’s 201st military base in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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Russia is reinforcing its military base in Tajikistan amid security concerns over the withdrawal of U.S. and other NATO forces from Afghanistan, including the infiltration of ISIS, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
“Today our main task is to counter the terrorist threat from neighboring Afghanistan,” Shoigu said during talks with his Tajik counterpart in Dushanbe on Wednesday, the state news service RIA Novosti reported. “The hasty withdrawal from there of foreign troops has provoked a rapid deterioration of the situation.”