IS Poses a Threat to Post-Soviet States

... Russia’s external zones. If the path of extremists is not hindered, they will not stop on their own.” Moreover, we can now say with absolute certainty that the militants are already doing so. mfa.tj The Collective Security Treaty Organization (SCTO) member-states’ foreign ministers’ meeting, Dushanbe, April 2, 2015 IS poses a threat to the countries of Central Asia, South Caucasus and the Middle East. The Islamic State militants penetrate Afghanistan and are mainly concentrated in the country’s northern regions, bordering Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. Former Taliban extremists and radicals from across Central Asia are actively recruited into the ranks ...