"We are recording the ongoing transfer of mercenaries and fighters of international terrorist organizations from the Middle East, North Africa and Afghanistan to Ukraine in big groups with the assistance of NATO countries. Some of them are used for further terrorist expansion into the CIS," Bortnikov said at a meeting of the Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services of the CIS member states in Bishkek.
Afghan authorities are actively fighting heinous terrorist groups in the country on their own, Bortnikov said, adding that the West's persistent attempts to influence the situation in there are seen every day.
"If Kabul is not hindered by external players, the Taliban*, I believe, will be able to restore order at home," Bortnikov noted.
* The Taliban is listed as a terrorist organization by the United Nations in UNSCR 1267.