Kazakhstan - The drug trade and competition for scarce water resources are most likely to threaten Central Asia's future security, the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe said yesterday. The OSCE leader, Ms Benita Ferrero-Waldner, said that security, regional co-operation and democratisation of society had been discussed during her visit to the five Central Asian states.
Speaking through an interpreter, she said: "The issues of drug trade and terrorism are interconnected and we share this region's concerns on security. The main concern of course is the security threat from Afghanistan."