The draft plan has been fulfilled by 40%

The conscription plan for the armed forces of Tajikistan has been fulfilled by 40% as of April 10. This was reported by the press center of the Ministry of Defense.

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According to the press center of the Ministry of Defense, the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region has fulfilled the spring conscription plan for the army by 100%.

Out of 25 cities and districts in the Khatlon region, the districts of Shamsiddin Shohin, Nosiri Khusrav, and Farhor have fulfilled the conscription plan for the armed forces of the country. The overall fulfillment rate for the region is 40%, as noted in the report.

In the Sughd region, the spring conscription plan has been fulfilled by 27%, while in the districts under republican jurisdiction, the fulfillment rate is 47.3%.

In the districts of Lakhsh, Nurabad, Rasht, Sangvor, and Tajikabad, the conscription plan has been fully met. In the city of Dushanbe, this figure stands at 42%.

In the early days of the spring conscription, videos and photos were posted on social media showing young men of conscription age being forcibly taken into the army, or in other words, a “raid” was organized. There were even cases of students being forcibly recruited into the army right in the university building. For instance, in December 2021, a user named Jamshid Habib posted a video on Facebook and wrote that military enlistment officers in Penjikent disregarded the professors and took students from the university into the army.

The conscription of recruits into the armed forces in Tajikistan has been actively discussed for many years. Every year, during their service in the Armed Forces of Tajikistan, soldiers face harsh treatment, and as a result, some die. There are even cases of people going missing. Most young men evade military service due to poor conditions. Authorities forcibly send conscription-age youth into the army through so-called “raids.” These methods always provoke public outrage, yet the situation remains unchanged.