Russia, Regional Powers’ Cooperation Key to Central Asia Security - Kabul

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Cooperation between Russia, India, China and Iran is crucial to success in defeating terrorism in Central Asia, acting Afghan Defense Minister Mohammed Stanekzai told Sputnik Thursday.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — It comes a day after Karzai said at the MCIS that cooperation between the United States and its international partners and allies, including Russia, India and China, is the only way to effectively defeat terrorism and extremism.

The former Afghan president has repeatedly voiced support for Russia and China increasing their role in Central Asian security. In a 2015 interview with Chinese television, Karzai said that Afghan security and sovereignty is best guaranteed by regional powers rather than the United States.

"The most important issue is a wide vision of cooperation, that is why the ex-president [Hamid Karzai] was talking about the role of Russia and other Central Asian countries and regional powers such as India, China, Iran in the region. Their consensus and political will to achieve the result are the most important elements that will help us to defeat terrorism and its financing," Stanekzai, who is currently attending the fifth Moscow Conference on International Security (MCIS), said.

Afghanistan is experiencing political, social and security instability, as the Taliban Islamic movement and other radical extremist organizations, such as Daesh, continue to stage attacks against civilian and state targets.

Formed in the 1990s, the Taliban seeks to enforce Sharia law in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan.

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