PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistan.
“We are very preoccupied by what is happening in Afghanistan and by the expansion of IS influence,” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Tuesday.
After talks with his Pakistani counterpart Khawaja Mohammad Asif in Moscow, Lavrov said the Daesh presence in the north and east of Afghanistan already amounted to a thousand people.
“Moscow is very concerned about the security threat this creates for former Soviet republics and Russia.” He feared situation enhanced the risk of terrorists entering the region . . .
