Yuri Kokov, deputy secretary of the Russian Security Council, said that “the explosion in front of the Russian embassy in Kabul was the result of weak anti-terrorist measures,” noting that it was too early to talk about victory over international terrorism.

He explained in a statement: “Hundreds of different terrorist groups continue to operate around the world. The largest of them, two terrorist organizations such as Al-Qaeda and ISIS (terrorist organizations banned in the Russian Federation), do not give up their intentions to create terrorist enclaves. In some fundamentally unstable areas.”

Kokov emphasized that under these conditions, any inaction, even if insignificant, in the anti-terrorist measures being taken will inevitably lead to a new increase in terrorist activity, new terrorist attacks and victims. cooperation in this area.

It is noteworthy that the Foreign Ministry reported yesterday, Monday, that at 10:50 am Kabul time, an unknown armed man detonated an explosive device near the entrance to the consulate, killing two members of the Russian diplomatic mission and a number of other Afghan citizens.