The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has urged the Taliban to fulfil their commitments towards combating terrorism, especially in suppressing terrorist groups threatening the member states of the organisation.

National Security Advisors of the SCO member states issued a statement on Wednesday stating that the presence of international terrorist groups and other groups based in Afghanistan poses a serious threat to the member states of the SCO.

The joint statement was issued after the SCO meeting in Kazakhstan. Reviewing the security situation of the SCO member countries was the main topic of this meeting.

During its nineteenth annual meeting, the Security Councils of the SCO emphasised on the importance of expanding cooperation to address terrorist threats, transnational organised crime, suppression of channels financing terrorism, and illegal migration.

China, India, Russia, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Iran, and Uzbekistan constitute the SCO's membership. These nations have voiced concerns multiple times over the past two years regarding the presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan.