Terrorists in Northern Afghanistan Threaten Central Asia, Kyrgyz Official Says

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – The head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, Kamchybek Tashiyev, warns that the concentrations of terrorists in northern Afghanistan pose a threat to the security of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) member states.

As reported by the Russian state news agency, TASS, Mr. Tashiyev, speaking at a CIS meeting in Bishkek on Friday, May 24, said that the growing number of terrorist groups in the northern provinces of Afghanistan threatens the southern borders of CIS.