The Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS) reported that around 600 Afghan refugees attempt to cross the border and enter Tajikistan every day. Photo: Internet On October 13, the head of the State Committee for National Security, Saymumin Yatimov, stated at a meeting of security and intelligence agency leaders from […]
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The Chairman of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS) reported that around 600 Afghan refugees attempt to cross the border and enter Tajikistan every day.
Photo: Internet
On October 13, the head of the State Committee for National Security, Saymumin Yatimov, stated at a meeting of security and intelligence agency leaders from CIS countries:
“The situation at the Tajik-Afghan state border is quite complicated. Especially in the last two months, we have felt the pressure from individuals who want to move from Afghanistan to Tajikistan. The number of refugees has already exceeded 15,000 people. Every day, 500-600 people want to cross the state border.”
The head of the SCNS reported that “they want to cross the state border. We are noticing an increase in attempts to smuggle narcotics, weapons, and ammunition.”
According to him, given the current situation in Afghanistan, Tajik border guards and other security forces must be in a state of heightened combat readiness.
“Tajikistan is in a position where it needs to be ready 24 hours a day and work day and night.”
Previously, Tajik border guards expelled hundreds of Afghan refugees from border areas and did not allow them to enter Tajikistan.
According to some reports, on October 4, the Taliban in Afghanistan’s Badakhshan returned 600 refugees home from the Afghan-Tajik border and also warned some to return home.
Other sources also reported that the Taliban beat and killed refugees in Afghanistan’s Ishkashim.
The Minister of Internal Affairs, Rahimzoda, previously stated that Tajikistan does not have the capacity to accept Afghan refugees. The embassies and consulates of our country in Afghanistan do not issue visas to Afghans, and the borders are closed to Afghan refugees. The question is how such a number of refugees, as mentioned by the head of the SCNS, ended up on the territory of Tajikistan?
To believe these figures provided by Saymumin Yatimov and to find an answer to this question, it is first necessary to recall the version of the Afghan television channel “Tolu’nius,” which reported that a Tajik visa, costing $60, is sold on the black market in Afghanistan for more than $400.
Photo: Internet