The secretary-general of the Collective Security Treaty Organization believes that if the situation in Afghanistan fails to return to stability now, its neighbors will be faced with problems for many years to come.

"I am certain that if countries sharing a common border with Afghanistan, including those affiliated with the CSTO, fail to extend assistance in returning the situation there to stability, there will emerge problems for many years ahead," CSTO Secretary-General Nikolai Bordyuzha said in a television link-up between Moscow and Beijing on Tuesday.

Bordyuzha believes that every single CSTO member-state must take part in post-war reconstruction in Afghanistan, including measures to maintain security, ITAR-TASS reported.

"The international community provides arms supplies and extends financial assistance to Afghanistan, but, regrettably, this is not enough," Bordyuzha said. "Afghanistan is to be assisted in a variety of ways, including measures to prevent terrorists from penetrating into its territory, and to fight drugs trafficking. All this must be within the range of the international community’s attention. There is no other way of achieving stability in Afghanistan."