Russia-China-Led Bloc’s Counter-Terror Drills Prompted by Afghanistan Threats

The focus of the Peace Mission 2021 counter-terror drills of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) can be explained by threats emanating from Afghanistan. The security bloc’s forces are ready to ward them off, Commander of Russia’s Central Military District Colonel General Alexander Lapin said on Friday. The Central Military District’s commander oversaw the SCO’s Peace Mission 2021 counter-terror drills that took place at the Donguz proving ground in the Orenburg Region in the Urals. “The focus was shaped by the escalation of tension in the Central Asian region caused by terrorist threats primarily emanating from Afghanistan,” the commander stressed. “The…