تلخیص
Shanghai Cooperation Organization became a permanent international organization
when a new member Uzbekistan joined it in 2001. This group has eight permanent
members; China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan
and India. In the initial years the raison d'être of the group was to resolve border
issues between China and the Central Asian Republics, which emerged after the
disintegration of USSR. All the border issues were settled among these states, and
thus the scope of the organization has shifted towards security collaboration such
as non-traditional security challenges, i.e. terrorism, extremism, separatism,
organized crimes and narcotic control. It is indeed pertinent to mention here that
the leadership of China and Russia were keen in maintaining the internal security as
the most imperative challenge. In this connection emphasis was to address the
threat of the so- called ‘three evils: terrorism, extremism and separatism. This
article will analyze the role of SCO in Afghanistan imbroglio since the formation of
this organization.