Heads of intelligence services of Russia, Iran, China, and Pakistan held a meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday to discuss the measures against the threat of aggregation of ISIL militants in Afghanistan, Russian TASS news agency reported.
The discussions focused on the dangers arising from a buildup of the terroris group on the Afghan territory.
"The conference reached understanding of the importance of coordinated steps to prevent the trickling of ISIL terrorists from Syria and Iraq to Afghanistan from where they would pose risks for neighboring countries," Russian representative in the meeting Sergei Naryshkin told TASS.
The top security and intelligence officials stressed the need for a more active inclusion of regional powers in the efforts to settle the conflict in Afghanistan, TASS report concluded.
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