Russia leads drills near Afghan border
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The Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation is staging military drills with 5,000 troops near the Tajik-Afghan border. Tajikistan refuses to recognise the Taliban in Afghanistan
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Russian military bases

KAZAKHSTAN
Bishkek 
KYRGYSTAN
Dushanbe
Bokhtar 
AFGHANISTAN
Panjshir Valley
Kabul
CHINA 
UZBEKISTAN
TAJIKISTAN
PAKISTAN
INDIA

200km 125 miles

Kant Air Base: Su-25 attack aircraft and Mi-8 helicopters

Dushanbe, Bokhtar: 201st Military Base with 7,000 Russian troops
Oct 10-23: Large military drills in Harbmaidon and Momirak

Okno: Russian space surveillance station

Shir Khan Bandar: Border crossing controlled by Taliban


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Collective Security Treaty Organisation: CSTO comprises six post-Soviet states, Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan
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Tajikistan: Supports and supplies anti-Taliban National Resistance Front (NRF) in Panjshir Valley
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Dushanbe: Safe houses provided for ousted Afghan Vice President Amrullah Saleh (right), and NRF leader Ahmad Massoud (far right)
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Resistance: Estimated 200 anti-Taliban warlords with 10,000 fighters from northern provinces ready to join NRF
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Sources: Reuters, Panjshir, @NorthernAlliance  Pictures: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS