The second phase of joint anti-terror drills of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has begun in Kazakhstan. The ceremony for the new phase was held at the Matybulak range near the largest Almaty this morning. The exercises, dubbed Peace Mission 2010 are involving some 5,000 troops from five of the six SCO member states, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan. Uzbekistan did not take part in the event.