Tajik Border Troops

Border Troops
A soldier of the border troops stands guard in Khujand.
Active 26 May 1994 (1994-05-26)
Country  Tajikistan
Allegiance Military of Tajikistan
Branch Ministry of the Interior
Type Border guard
Role Border security
Size 25,000
Garrison/HQ Dushanbe
Commanders
Current
commander		 Lieutenant General Rajabali Rahmonali

The Border Troops, also called the Border Service, is the border security force of Tajikistan. Functioning under the military of Tajikistan, the border guards are trained by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, along with the Afghan Border Police.[1] A higher education college is located in the capital, Dushanbe, the Border Troops Academy, and a Border Troops Training Centre is located south of it, in the Rudaki District.[2]

In 2011, the Border Troops, along with the national army and mobile forces, took part in a military drill with Kyrgyzstan. Their objective was to eliminate two terrorist groups on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.[3]

Incidents

  • In late 2014, four Tajik border guards were abducted from their posts on the border with Afghanistan by an unidentified group.[4]
  • Unidentified gunmen from Afghanistan killed 2 Tajik border guards on 26 August, 2018.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Afghan and Tajik border guards complete patrol management course. OSCE. Published 30 November 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. ↑ OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues. OSCE. Published 9 December 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. ↑ Tajik Mobile Forces. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Tajikistan Identifies Border Guards Abducted by Afghans. Radio Liberty. Published 9 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Editorial, Reuters. "Tajik or Russian plane bombs Afghan border area, six dead: Afghan..." U.S. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
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