More than 1,000 Afghan soldiers have fled to neighbouring Tajikistan after clashing with Taliban militants, officials have said. The troops retreated over the border to "save their own lives ...
One of the instigators was Bekhruz Gulmurod, a son of Gulmurod Khalimov. Mr Khalimov was a Tajik special forces soldier who defected to IS and was killed fighting in Syria. Last November ...
When federal agents arrested eight Tajikistan nationals with alleged ties to the Islamic State terror group on immigration charges back in June, U.S. officials ...
A conflict between the two countries’ border guards flared up on Tuesday after Tajik soldiers intruded into the Kyrgyz territory near the village of Selkana in Kyrgyzstan’s Batkenskaya region.
A Tajik security source told Reuters that about 300 more soldiers are set to return in the next few days. Hundreds of Afghan soldiers crossed into Tajikistan over the weekend as Taliban advanced on ...
Central Asian media outlet Akipress reported early Monday that over 1,000 Afghan military personnel retreated to Tajikistan on Sunday as Taliban fighters closed in on border crossings between the two ...
The conflict was sparked after Tajik soldiers blocked a motorway linking the Kyrgyz cities of Isfana and Batken. An exchange of fire lasted for several hours until a ceasefire was reached at about ...
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