The authors of articles examine the Afghan crisis conformably to the security of Central Asia and the threats, risks and challenges from Afghanistan with an emphasis on their religious component. Researchers pay attention to the problem of drug trafficking from Afghanistan all over the world. Their articles single out the role of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in maintaining security in Central Asia and analyze the basic measures aimed at stabilizing the situation in the region. The authors also turn to the problem of Islamization of the Central Asian region.
Afghanistan, Central Asia, post-Soviet Central Asia, security, crisis, collective security, radicalism, Islamist radicalism, terrorism, Islamization, CIS, NATO, CSTO, fight against drug criminals.