Shoigu recalled the degradation of the situation in Afghanistan

“Everyone began to forget Afghanistan a little, but nothing has changed there.

The situation remains rather tense and serious.

Everything that our American colleagues left there continues to degrade.

All the risks that we talked about are growing,” Shoigu said.

In particular, the danger is posed by the volume of American weapons left in Afghanistan, which could fall into "not the best hands," he said.

In mid-May, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Tajik leader Emomali Rahmon discussed by telephone the topic of increased terrorist activity in Afghanistan.

Secretary of the Russian Security Council Nikolai Patrushev noted that more than 300,000 units of Western heavy and light small arms were left in Afghanistan.