SCO member countries must grow attention to Afghanistan for their security

A number of analysts said that if the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries do not support Afghanistan in fight against terrorism, the terrorism risk will also surprise them.

Wolesi Jirga members and Afghan analysts are said to believe that the war in Afghanistan also threatens China and Russia.

Afghanistan is trying to join the permanent membership of SCO; an organization which tries to fight against terrorism and works in strengthening economic cooperation.

The SCO – which is a political, economic and military organization founded by China, Russia, and Central Asia’s Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – is scheduled for July 9-10.

The most concrete result of the SCO summit is related to Afghanistan. But the problems of Afghanistan aren’t going to be solved by meetings, and the SCO is increasingly looking like little more than a talk shop.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization or SCO is a Eurasian political, economic and military organization which was founded in 2001 in Shanghai by the leaders of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. These countries, except for Uzbekistan, had been members of the Shanghai Five, founded in 1996; after the inclusion of Uzbekistan in 2001, the members renamed the organization.