President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon announced the mobilization of 20 thousand reserve troops to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border. The instruction was given to the Minister of Defense Sherali Mirzo during the meeting of the Security Council.
During the meeting, the issue of ensuring security in the border areas was considered, taking into account the aggravation of the political situation in Afghanistan.
President Rahmon also instructed to pay special attention to the prevention of violations on the state border, including the prevention of transnational crime, terrorism, extremism and drug trafficking.
The Taliban have advanced in several northern regions of Afghanistan and now control over 70% of the state border with Tajikistan. In particular, the city of Panjwai in the Kandahar region was completely captured by the Taliban. In the course of these battles, more than 1,000 Afghan security forces fled to Tajikistan and dozens more were captured.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin promised Emomali Rahmon to provide support on a bilateral basis and within the framework of the CSTO.
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