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According to the CSTO secretary general, currently, more than 360 kilometers of the Afghan-Tajik border are under the control of the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) and other international terrorist organizations
In terms of the “New Great Game,” the withdrawal does not spell an end.
Back in the 1990s, scholars and journalists who watched the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the emergence of an independent Central Asia, pondered about the return of some form of a new “Great Game” in Asia. This historical concept was popularized by English writer Rudyard Kipling in his novel
Kim. Later, historians used it to depict the Anglo-Russian rivalry and struggle for influence over Central Asia, its adjacent regions like Afghanistan, as well as the parts of the greater Middle East.
After the dissolution of the USSR, there appeared to be signs that its former Central Asian Republics were once again “up for grabs.” In 1996 a
Joint exercises represent one of the main forms for training forces and assets of the collective security system of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the official said. Seven exercises are supposed to take place this year.