The press service of the President of Tajikistan reports that on August 7, 2023, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon conducted a series of personnel changes within the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan.
It is reported that the personnel changes affected the first deputy commander – chief of the Main Staff of the Border Troops, deputies of the Commander of the Border Troops of the SCNS, as well as the “heads of the border detachments of the Khatlon and Sughd regions, GBAO, and other structural units of the Border Troops of the SCNS.”
The Border Troops in Tajikistan do not report to the Ministry of Defense of the country and are, in fact, a separate structure whose task is to protect the state border and ensure the country’s security.