Tajik Internal Troops

Tajik Internal Troops
A Tajik Police Officer.
Active 1993 (1993)
Country  Tajikistan
Branch Ministry of Internal Affairs
Type Internal security
Role Homeland defence
Size 30,000
Garrison/HQ Dushanbe
Colors Black
Anniversaries February 6 (Day of the Tajik Police)
Engagements Tajikistani Civil War
Website www.vkd.tj
Commanders
Current
commander		 Major General Negmatullo Kurbanov

The Tajik Internal Troops are the internal security force of Tajikistan, under the Interior Ministry. They act as the reserve of the Military of Tajikistan, and are in charge of homeland defence, along with the Tajik Border Troops. The Internal Troops are led by Major General Negmatullo Kurbanov.[1]

Since Tajikistan's independence from the USSR, over 1,700 internal troops were killed in the line of duty.[2]

History

A transport vehicle of the Internal Troops

The first Tajik militia was founded on December 7, 1924, when the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Tajik Autonomous Republic was formed. A week later on December 14, Abdullo Yarmukhamedov was appointed the first People's Commissar for Internal Affairs. On February 5, 1925, 33 NKVD officers were transferred from Tashkent to Dushanbe, where they woould be stationed permanently as part of the NKVD division in Dyushambe the next day.

The Tajik Internal Troops were officially founded in 1993 after the founding of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan.

Police Oath

The official oath of the Tajik Internal Troops was approved January 30, 1995 and is as follows:[3]

I, am a citizen of the Republic of Tajikistan, entered the law-enforcement bodies, takes the oath and solemnly swear to the end to be loyal to my people, the motherland and the cause to which I devote myself, to be honest, brave, disciplined, vigilant worker, exemplary to serve, to comply strictly with Constitution and laws of the Republic of Tajikistan, to keep state and official secrets.
I swear to faithfully and unquestioningly carry out all my duties, requirements regulations and orders not to spare my strength, if necessary, and of life itself in the protection of social and political system, the rule of law, all forms of ownership, identity and the rights of citizens.
If I break my solemn oath, let me suffer the punishment according to the law of the republic.

Notable Soldiers

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-10-31.
  2. ↑ "В Душанбе состоится смотр-парад МВД Таджикистана - Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". www.news.tj.
  3. ↑ "Police vow". mvd.tj. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
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