“Unfortunately, this case shows that this evil and danger must be fought. And prophylactically, that is, in advance. We can’t wait until not more than 20 militants, but many more terrorists will infiltrate the allied states of Central Asia. Therefore, this is a serious threat to Russia. But first of all, it is a threat to our Central Asian partners, ”the diplomat told the Izvestia newspaper.

As Kabulov noted, Russia helps its allies in the region, mainly through the CSTO.

On November 6, an armed group attacked the Tajik border checkpoint Ishkobod near the Uzbek border.

During the special operation 15 criminals were killed, five more were detained.

Later it became known that the attack was carried out by militants of the Islamic State group *.

More details in the material RT.

* “Islamic State” (ISIS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.