On a possible OSCE monitoring mission in the buffer zone between Afghanistan and the states of Central Asia

Abstract

The author proposes to deploy the OSCE monitoring mission in the buffer zone between Afghanistan and the states of Central Asia. Such a mission could prevent the negative consequences of Afghan crisis from spreading to the states of Central Asia and ensure the peaceful transition of Afghanistan to stability and post conflict reconstruction. The positive experience of OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine and possibility of its application to the proposed OSCE monitoring mission are analyzed in this context.