Large-scale wargames were held in Tajikistan, a Central Asian country located next to Afghanistan, as the United States continues to withdraw from the beleaguered country. Russian, Uzbek, and Tajik military forces took part in the joint exercises, located near the country’s border with Afghanistan, according to officials from the ex-Soviet countries. Tajik Defence Minister Sherali Mirzo told reporters at the training grounds the drills were being held with Afghanistan in mind. In recent days, the Taliban terrorist group has taken over swaths of the country, capturing as many as eight provincial capitals in under a week as Afghan government forces have, in some cases, fled their positions without even fighting. “The situation in Afghanistan is unpredictable,” Mirzo said, according to the Reuters news agency. Shukhrat Khalmukhamedov, chief of the general staff of the Uzbek armed forces, added that “this situation requires us to remain vigilant and to maintain our combat …