“From Iraq, Syria, militants with experience in military operations are actively being drawn there.

Therefore, it is possible that terrorists may try to destabilize the situation in neighboring states, including the CIS countries, right up to the beginning of direct expansion, ”Putin said at a meeting with representatives of the security services of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

He noted that it is necessary to constantly monitor the situation on the Afghan border.

According to him, the special services of the CIS countries should increase interaction on the issue of Afghanistan.

Earlier, the director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that the secret services of the CIS countries are monitoring the actions of the radical Taliban * in Afghanistan.

* "Taliban" - the

organization is recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 14.02.2003.