"Afghanistan does not pose a threat to neighboring countries" — Zabihullah Mujahid

"Afghanistan does not pose a threat to neighboring countries," Zabihullah Mujahid said.

According to the Pajhwok newspaper, the spokesman for the Afghan interim government, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that Afghanistan does not pose any threat to neighboring countries and that most of the concerns in the region are unfounded.

Mujahid said this in response to the statement of the Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Taalatbek Masadikov that an agreement had been reached on the supply of weapons and equipment to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border.

According to him, Afghan security forces fully control the country's borders and provide a high level of security throughout the country.

"These concerns that we have been hearing all the time, in our opinion, are largely unfounded. Perhaps the intelligence agencies of some countries that have a hostile attitude towards Afghanistan are providing the organization with false and unreliable information in order to create tension between Afghanistan and its neighbors," Mujahid said.

The representative from Kabul noted that interested countries and organizations can directly convey their concerns to the Afghan government. He said that if a real threat arises, the Afghan government will take it seriously.

Earlier, CSTO Secretary General Taalatbek Masadikov said in an interview with the TASS agency that a list of weapons and equipment needed to strengthen the Tajik border has been agreed upon and that initial deliveries are expected to begin in the fall of this year.

“The countries have agreed on a list of lethal and non-lethal weapons to be delivered to Tajikistan. I think the first deliveries will begin this fall,” Masadikov said.

He called ensuring the security of the Tajik-Afghan border an extremely important issue not only for Tajikistan, but also for all members of the CSTO.

Zafar Samad, director of the Tajik Drug Control Agency, noted that in the first half of 2025, 10 armed clashes were recorded between Tajik security forces and Afghan drug dealers on the Tajik-Afghan border. These incidents occurred mainly in the border areas with the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan.