Cooperation between the Taliban and the authorities of Tajikistan

In the border areas of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, authorities are developing cooperation with the Taliban.

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On January 23, 2023, the official representative of the Taliban government, Zabihullah Mujahid, reported on his Twitter page about the cooperation between the Taliban government and the authorities of Tajikistan in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan and the Afghan province of Badakhshan.

“A team of doctors from the Afghan Ministry of Health arrived in the Wakhan district of Badakhshan province through the territory of Tajikistan to provide medical assistance to the sick in this area,” the message noted.

This team was accompanied by a group of journalists from Afghan national television. The journalists reported that a disease had broken out in this area, resulting in the deaths of 21 people, according to local residents.

The Ministry of Health and other relevant authorities of Tajikistan, including the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, responsible for border protection, have not reported anything about this bilateral cooperation.

Earlier, the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources of the Taliban government announced that the Afghan energy company “Breshna” and the Tajik energy company “Barki Tojik” signed a contract in Turkey for the supply of electricity to Afghanistan for 2023.

At the same time, Afghanistan accused Tajikistan of failing to meet its obligations under this major contract. Residents of Takhar province also complained that the electricity imported from Tajikistan is supplied only at night and is turned off during the day.

Trade and economic cooperation between Tajikistan and the Taliban regime in Afghanistan is gradually developing. However, the government of Emomali Rahmon officially considers the Taliban a terrorist organization and views any contacts of its citizens with this group as a crime. Dozens of residents of Tajikistan have been imprisoned for this reason.