Shoigu added that the meeting addressed drug trafficking within the CIS region, including the previous threat posed by opiates originating from Afghanistan.
He said those who returned could live in the country with dignity but warned that anyone continuing armed activities would face the country’s security forces.
Earlier on Saturday, Tasnim news agency said two missiles struck Qeshm Island with no official information on possible damage.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who expressed Washington’s willingness to play a constructive role in reducing tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Najib concluded by describing the current system as a common home for all Afghans and called on citizens to maintain unity, preserve stability and prevent further...
The Houthis have been firing ballistic missiles and drones at Saudi airports, ports and oil installations, turning US ally Saudi Arabia into a pressure point in...
Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province appears to have become a key centre of opium cultivation in the border region, despite Islamabad’s denials of widespread production.
Pakistan's military media wing and Turkey's Foreign Ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
He also referred to a Pakistani military strike on the Omid Addiction Treatment Centre in Kabul, claiming that hundreds of people were killed in the attack.
Regional connectivity projects also depend on developments in Afghanistan, the magazine argues.
Lavrov is expected to meet with Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and with Uzbek Foreign Minister Bakhtiyor Saidov
Apart from that, the ministers "stressed the need to provide urgent and uninterrupted humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people and to safeguard the fundamental rights of...
The EU has hosted the third meeting of the special representatives and envoys of Central Asian countries and the European Union for Afghanistan in Brussels this...
Head of intelligence units from regional countries held a two-day conference on regional security and the fight against terrorism in Kabul this week, Ahmad Zia Siraj,...
President Ashraf Ghani met with Russia’s ambassador to Afghanistan Dmitry Zhirnov in Kabul on Monday where regional security and the fight against terrorism was discussed. Ghani...