Kabul Says Afghanistan Poses No Threat to Neighboring Countries

Afghanistan’s authorities have rejected concerns about threats to neighboring countries as largely unfounded, even as regional security officials prepare to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border.

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Afghanistan poses no threat to neighboring countries, and the statements being made in the region are largely unfounded.

Zabihullah Mujahid, an official spokesman for the Afghan authorities, said Afghan security forces fully control the country’s borders and maintain a high level of security inside Afghanistan. “Afghanistan poses no threat to neighboring countries, and the statements being made in the region are largely unfounded,” he said.

Mujahid also suggested that intelligence services in some countries hostile to Afghanistan could be providing the Collective Security Treaty Organization with false and unreliable information to create tension between Afghanistan and its neighbors.

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It is possible that intelligence services of some countries hostile to Afghanistan, with the aim of creating tension with its neighbors, are supplying this organization with false and unreliable information.

His comments followed an announcement by CSTO Secretary-General Taalatbek Masadykov that the list of weapons and equipment needed by Tajikistan to strengthen its border had been agreed. The first deliveries are expected in autumn 2026. Masadykov described border security as an “extremely important issue” not only for Tajikistan but for all CSTO members.

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An extremely important issue