| Various armed forces from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states take part in Peace Mission 2012 drill in Khujand, Tajikistan, on June 14. The SCO is an intergovernmental organization established on June 15, 2001 in Shanghai, with a central goal of moving toward the establishment of a new, democratic, just and rational political and economic international order. The drill is the ninth joint anti-terrorism military exercise launched under the SCO framework and involves more than 2,000 military personnel from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan (XINHUA) |
