Afghanistan: New Mission, Old Problems

... of such organizations is relative. It may well split into a myriad of factions and cells (similar to the nodal existence of al-Qaeda) which can be countered by the world community, rather than a single entity. Islamic state. RIAC Reader (In Russian) ... ... aftereffects emanating from any disturbance on the borders with its Central Asian underbelly. As of now, one way out appears to lie in SCO-based cooperation, military-technical assistance to former Soviet republics via the CSTO, and interaction with Western forces in Afghanistan in order to ensure a effective response to extremist provocation and to prevent terrorism spreading beyond Afghanistan’s ...