CSTO: Post-Soviet Military Alliance, Training Begins Near the Afghan Border
CSTO's Combat Brotherhood 2021 exercise, Echelon 2021 & Search 2021 special drills, as well as the Interaction 2021 joint exercises at Tajikistan
Editorial Staff
CSTO: Post-Soviet Military Alliance, Training Begins Near the Afghan Border
The member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) have begun 'Echelon, Search and Interaction special drills in Tajikistan' near the Afghan frontier, amid fears of extremism spreading from Afghanistan into Central Asia and Eurasia,' the post-Soviet defence alliance announced on Monday. The drills began ahead of the next round of the Moscow Format discussion on Afghanistan, which India will attend on Wednesday. The Echelon and Search 2021 joint exercises, as well as the Interaction special drills, were opened at the Kharbmaidon practice range of the Republic of Tajikistan's armed forces on October 18 as part of the CSTO's Combat Brotherhood 2021 exercise, according to the statement. At the inauguration ceremony, Tajikistan's Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Emomali Sobirzoda, noted that the situation in Central Asia remained critical in light of recent developments in Afghanistan. Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said…
