Tajik border guards shot three Afghan drug couriers. Photo: Internet According to Afghan press, three Afghan drug couriers were killed by border guards after crossing into Tajikistan. Local Afghan media reports that on Saturday, February 25, three Afghan citizens smuggled 20 kilograms of drugs into Tajikistan from the village of Buston in the Darkad district […]
Tajik border guards shot three Afghan drug couriers.
Photo: InternetAccording to Afghan press, three Afghan drug couriers were killed by border guards after crossing into Tajikistan.
Local Afghan media reports that on Saturday, February 25, three Afghan citizens smuggled 20 kilograms of drugs into Tajikistan from the village of Buston in the Darkad district of Takhar province. After crossing the border, Tajik border guards shot the drug couriers.
At the same time, some local Afghan publications state that four people were involved in the drug smuggling operation: two Taliban members and two members of the terrorist group “Ansarullah,” most of whose members are citizens of Tajikistan.
Most Afghan publications reported the death of the three drug couriers but provided no details about their identities.
No official information on this case is available yet. Neither the Tajik side nor the Taliban have commented on this incident.