Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 22, 2015 More than 600 tons of opium have been seized in a joint operation between law enforcement officials from Russia and Afghanistan. The head of Russia’s Federal Drug Control Service said the drugs were seized in mid-December in the northern Afghan city of Doshi. Viktor Ivanov told a press
1TV: As Afghanistan has turned to Russia for military equipment, Moscow has said that it will consider its supply in a careful manner, according to reports. There have been several meetings between Kabul and Moscow on securing arms for Afghanistan amid growing militant threats in the region, particularly from Islamic State group. Click here to
RT: Russia will continue the free delivery of weapons to Afghanistan’s military as it is concerned by the growing influence of Islamic State and its plans to merge with the Taliban, Chairman of the Federation Council Valentina Matviyenko has said. Moscow will continue to closely observe the current situation in Afghanistan and will not ignore the recent
TASS: Plans of the Islamic State, an international terrorist organization outlawed in Russia, to establish a province in northern Afghanistan pose a threat to Central Asian states, Iran and China, Yevgeny Sysoyev, a deputy chief of Russia’s Federal Security Service and chief of the administration of the National Anti-terrorist Committee, said on Tuesday. Click here