So far, this has been prevented by the Western desire to preserve the instability in this country, the head of SVR said. He emphasized that Western tactics used related to Afghanistan are similar to the actions performed in Syria, Iraq and many African countries. The department's press service noted that the head of SVR visited Baku, where a conference on Afghan themes took place. He organized negotiations with the leadership of the foreign intelligence and state security service of Azerbaijan. Naryshkin also expressed his gratitude to partners from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan for common work to identify and disable threats. On the eve of the Supreme Court of Russia suspended the ban on the activities of the Taliban movement, who had representatives in power in Afghanistan.