On March 29, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation Nikolay Partushev said that Afghanistan poses major security threats and risks to member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), reports The Khaama Press News Agency. He said that “it is Important to watch the situation in Afghanistan closely as it remains tense and is taking on a protracted nature a year and a half after the Taliban came to power." He warned the members states that the threats posed by Afghanistan include "terrorism, illegal arms and drug trafficking, illegal migration, and the spread of extremist ideology."