Is the autumn draft plan completed?

The Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan reported that the autumn conscription has been completed, but did not disclose the percentage of the plan fulfilled.

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The Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan announced that the campaign to conscript young citizens of Tajikistan into the Armed Forces of the country was completed on November 30, 2021.

“The Republican Conscription Commission and the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan express gratitude to the executive bodies of state power in the cities and districts of the country that demonstrated patriotism in the quality execution of the plan, as well as organized the gathering and dispatch of recruits to military units at the appropriate level. We also express our gratitude to the parents of young citizens whose children voluntarily enlisted for service,” the agency reported.

As before, the ministry did not provide exact data on the fulfillment of the plan, but stated that since the beginning of the autumn conscription, the planned targets were met on time by the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, the city of Dushanbe, the cities and districts under republican subordination, and the Sughd and Khatlon regions.

Although the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan reported the completion of the autumn conscription, “raids” on youth of conscription age are still ongoing in many districts of Tajikistan. There have even been reports that military enlistment officers in the city of Penjikent, despite the completion of the autumn conscription, are forcibly taking students directly from the university into the army, although students are exempt from military service during their studies, according to the law “On Military Service”.