Central Asian countries neighbouring Afghanistan say they will not accept refugees fleeing new Taliban rule and ongoing humanitarian crisis
A view of the meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on September 16, 2021.
The Collective Security Treaty Organisation includes three Central Asian nations –– Tajikistan, which has a lengthy border with Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan –– as well as several more remote former Soviet republics.
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