CSTO will strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border

On September 19, the Secretary General of the CSTO Imangali Tasmagambetov announced that a targeted program for strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border will be adopted by the end of 2024.

“Continuous work on developing specific measures capable of strengthening our security space is ongoing. The program for strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border is a key element,” said Imangali Tasmagambetov.

“The CSTO has a wide range of approaches and tools capable of protecting collective interests. Moreover, continuous work is underway to develop and implement specific measures that can strengthen our security space. The most vivid example is the targeted intergovernmental program of the CSTO for strengthening the Tajik-Afghan border, planned for adoption this year,” Tasmagambetov stated in an interview with the publication “SOYUZNIKI. CSTO.”

Experts believe that the leadership of Tajikistan has developed a whole program over the past decade for obtaining financial assistance and grants. One of the main trends in recent years is the pretext of protecting the external borders of the CIS and CSTO countries. The authorities of Tajikistan scare the public with the Taliban, while at the same time supplying electricity to Afghanistan, limiting electricity for the residents of their own country. They are also establishing diplomatic relations with the Taliban, having transferred the Afghan consulate to the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region.

It should be noted that the decision to strengthen the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan was made in 2013.