Draft plan completed at 80% in just 10 days

The authorities announced that the conscription plan for recruits into the Armed Forces of Tajikistan has been fulfilled by 80% across the republic.

According to the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan, since the start of the conscription campaign from April 1 to April 10, 2025, the plan for recruiting new soldiers has been fulfilled by 80%.

According to the Ministry of Defense, in the first 10 days of the spring conscription, the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, Khatlon Region, the city of Dushanbe, and several cities and districts have already fulfilled the conscription plan by 100%.

In particular, the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, as usual, fulfilled the plan by 100% on the very first day. The Rasht, Sangvor, Lyakhsh, Tajikabad, and Nurabad districts also fulfilled the conscription plan by 100%. Other cities and districts reported that the conscription plan was fulfilled by 72%.

According to the country’s Ministry of Defense, in the first 10 days of the conscription campaign in the Sughd Region, the conscription plan has been fulfilled by 54%.

The authorities claim that the reason for such a rapid fulfillment of the conscription plan for military service is the “large number of volunteers” and the “improvement of the national army’s reputation among the population.”

Although the Ministry of Defense’s statement notes that Khatlon Region has already fulfilled the conscription plan by 100%, the day before, media reported on “raids” on conscripts in the markets of the city of Kulyab. In videos published on social media, it can be seen how military enlistment officers in Kulyab market attempt to detain and take away a young man, but residents prevent them from doing so.

Facts and eyewitness accounts about the conscription process show that enlistment officers detain young people of conscription age on the streets and in public places, as well as at their residences, during a campaign known among the people as “raids,” and forcibly send them to the army.

Such unlawful actions and the harsh treatment of enlistment officers towards conscription-age youth have long provoked a wave of negative reactions from society. However, the authorities have not yet taken any measures to rectify the situation.

The issue of conscription into the army in Tajikistan has remained acute for several years, as complaints continue to arise about poor conditions, mistreatment of soldiers, and cases of death in military units.

According to experts, since the rise to power of Emomali Rahmon, many problems have emerged in Tajikistan that remain unresolved. Among them are the forced conscription of youth into the army, or “raids,” “dedovshchina” (hazing) in the army, power outages during the cold season, mass labor migration, as well as bribery and corruption. The authorities are not making efforts to address these issues and do not even want them to be resolved.