Tajikistan readies defences along its Afghanistan borderAmid rising tensions, Tajikistan is fortifying its border with Afghanistan, supported by the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)...
Kyrgyzstan cancels Russian-led military drill on its landAccording to earlier reports, the exercises were set to involve army personnel from CSTO members Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrg...
Worried about Afghan terror, Russia-led military alliance forms a new unit to counter biological weaponsOperational groups of the Joint Staff and the CSTO Secretariat, the formation of special forces from among special units of the internal af...
CSTO ready to consider India's partner status appeal: Russian DiplomatNotably, on January 31, the new Russian ambassador to New Delhi, Denis Alipov, said that Moscow was interested in strengthening India-CSTO ...
No direct threat of Taliban expansion into neighbouring states, says CSTO Secretary-GeneralZas indicated that against the backdrop of socio-economic crisis and humanitarian collapse unfolding in Afghanistan, these threats attain a...
Kazakh president blames 'Afghanistan, Mideast' ultras for riots in the country; India 'concerned'India is closely following recent developments in Kazakhstan. "We express our deepest condolences to families of the innocent victims who h...
Russia slams Antony Blinken's jibe over troops"US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tried to make a funny joke today about the tragic events in Kazakhstan," Russia's foreign ministry sa...
Organised armed groups provoked from abroad tried to disrupt integrity of Kazakhstan: Russia“We consider recent developments in this friendly country, with which Russia has relations of strategic partnership and alliance, nothing b...
Russia led CSTO despatches troops to Kazakhstan to control terroristsRussia leads CSTO and Kazakhstan is part of CSTO. Russia maintains a military facility in Kazakhstan besides space facility. Kazakhstan has...
Afghan situation, counter-terrorism ties dominate maiden meet of India-Kyrgz NSAsSecretary of the Security Council of the Kyrgyz Republic, Lieutenant General Marat Imankulov, visited India for the First India-Kyrgyzstan ...
Post Soviet Eurasian military bloc CSTO begins drills near Afghan border"A ceremony took place at the Kharbmaidon practice range of the armed forces of the Republic of Tajikistan on October 18 to open the Echelo...
Russia deploys Sukhoi fighters in Central Asian military base amid Afghan crisisA wing of Su-25 ground attack aircraft from Russia’s Kant integrated airbase in Kyrgyzstan will participate in the joint drills of the Coll...
Russia prepared to deal with any spillover of instability in AfghanistanBoth India and Russia face similar challenges from terror groups in the Afghan theatre as well as from radical ideas entering Central Asian...
Tajikistan sends stern message to Taliban on minorities in governmentRahmon, who has ruled Tajikistan for over two decades, is of the opinion that “it is necessary to create an inclusive government with the p...
Pakistan EAM Qureshi on mission Afghan neighbourhoodAddressing the media in Islamabad on Monday, Qureshi claimed that Pakistan saw Afghanistan as a country with a number of ethnic groups — al...
China role seen in India not being invited to Afghan meetRussia was not only keen to include India but Iran, another close ally, in the Troika Plus meet. But Iran too did not find an invite at the...
Russia gives India its first invite for Troika Plus meet on AfghanistanThe meeting is expected to be held in the near future as Moscow is trying to form a regional consensus on the future of Afghanistan, person...