DUSHANBE, May 13. /TASS/. The situation in Afghanistan was the focus of a telephone conversation between Tajik and Russian Presidents, Emomali Rakhmon and Vladimir Putin, the press service of the Tajik leader reported on Friday.

"The two heads of state discussed the alarming development of the situation in Afghanistan in recent time and the situation on the Tajik-Afghan border in this context," it said.

The two presidents also noted "the importance of further strengthening of cooperation between the countries in the sphere of security" and exchanged views "on certain aspects of current issues on the international and regional agenda," it added.