Tajikistan will build 90 border outposts

To strengthen the state border, the authorities of Tajikistan intend to build dozens of new border posts.

Emomali Rahmon stated during his speech in the Dangarinsky district on September 1 that to protect the state border and ensure political and social stability in the country, Tajikistan needs a powerful army, and for this reason, it is necessary to increase the military strength of the country.

“Only this year we will build and put into operation 90 border posts. This requires money, construction materials, weapons and ammunition, and military personnel,” the president said.

Emomali Rahmon announced the commissioning of 90 border posts at a time when, earlier on August 4 of this year, Khaeriddin Usmonzoda, the director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan, stated that the number of border posts on the border with Afghanistan had increased to more than 100 units.

After the Taliban took power in Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, the top leadership of Tajikistan has consistently stated from high platforms that the situation in Afghanistan threatens the political and social stability of the country.

However, on September 2 of this year, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and the Taliban government agreed to resume the operation of joint cross-border markets in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region of Tajikistan and the Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan, and representatives of the executive body of state power of GBAO Tajikistan and representatives of the Taliban officially participated in the opening of these markets. It is reported that the authorities of Tajikistan took this step to de-escalate the conflict and strengthen relations between the two countries.

The border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan is more than 1,300 kilometers long.

Over the past 10 years, the greatest threat to the security and political and social stability of the country has come from the north, that is, from Kyrgyzstan. As a result of numerous armed conflicts, hundreds of people on both sides have died, and residents of border areas have suffered enormous damage.

It is still unknown whether these 90 border posts will be built on the border with Afghanistan, or if some of these posts are planned for the border with Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan.