Afghanistan and Regional Security: Scenarios for the Future
... risks for the SCO and CIS region in some manner. The first scenario can be described as moderately optimistic. Many countries, particularly and primarily most SCO members, have already de facto accepted the need for constructive engagement with the Taliban government as a key policy in relation to Afghanistan. In the SCO and CIS region (with rare exceptions), there is an understanding that the Taliban movement is a long-term reality and a shared recognition of the need to prevent Afghanistan and its current government from facing international isolation. The issue ...