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Actions Of Militants In Afghanistan Can Disrupt Upcoming Presidential Vote - Nikolai Patrushev
Sumaira FH Published September 26, 2018 | 12:28 PM
The high activity of armed groups in Afghanistan can disrupt the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in the country, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday.
TEHRAN (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 26th September, 2018) The high activity of armed groups in Afghanistan can disrupt the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in the country, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on Wednesday.
"The situation in Afghanistan is impacted by the upcoming presidential and parliamentary election, which are at risk of being disrupted due to the high activity of the Taliban movement, the Islamic state terrorist group and its Afghan branch, the so-called Wilayah Khorasan [both banned in Russia]," Patrushev said at multilateral consultations on the Afghan settlement, participated by the delegations of Russia, Afghanistan, India, Iran and China.
The official noted that, according to the estimates of international experts, the Afghan government controlled nearly 40 percent of the country's territory.
"The total number of the Taliban movement's militants opposing the government in Afghanistan is currently estimated at 60,000 people. According to the report of the General Staff of the Afghan National Army, there are nearly 15,000 fighters only in the areas bordering with the Central Asian states," Patrushev said.
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