The Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan participated in the opening of a new border post on the Tajik-Afghan border. According to media reports, Russia has built a new border post on the Tajik-Afghan border. The new border post is located in the Shuroabad district of the Khatlon region and is named in honor of fallen Russian […]
The Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan participated in the opening of a new border post on the Tajik-Afghan border.
According to media reports, Russia has built a new border post on the Tajik-Afghan border.
The new border post is located in the Shuroabad district of the Khatlon region and is named in honor of fallen Russian border guards.
The Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan also visited the site of the 12th border post, “where 25 Russian border guards were killed in 1993 during an attack by Afghan terrorists.”
From 1992 to 1997, the government of Tajikistan, led by Emomali Rahmon and supported by Russia and Uzbekistan, disbanded the Government of National Reconciliation and began a bloody war. As a result of this war, hundreds of thousands of Tajik citizens were forced to flee to Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and other countries in the region.
Despite Tajikistan declaring its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, the borders of Tajikistan with Afghanistan are still guarded by Russian border guards.
The border guards of the “12th border post,” whom the Russian Embassy considers legendary, were killed during clashes with the armed forces of the United Tajik Opposition (UTO).
The Russian Ambassador to Tajikistan referred to the armed forces of the United Tajik Opposition as “terrorists.” This is the term used by the Tajik government and personally by Emomali Rahmon in relation to their opponents.