Tajikistan President Inaugurates 24 New Border Outposts Near Afghanistan

Emomali Rahmon, the President of Tajikistan, during his visit to Khatlon province of the country, inaugurated 24 new outposts on the border with Afghanistan.

Earlier, Rahmon said that due to security threats, Tajikistan needs hundreds of security installations on the border with Afghanistan.

Asia Plus News Agency of Tajikistan reported on Thursday that new outposts have been set up in the districts of Lakhsh, Shamsuddin Shahin, Roshan, Ishkashom, Murghob, and Khorog.

According to this report, Rahmon had ordered the construction of all new outposts on the border with Afghanistan.

The president of Tajikistan, during a meeting with his country's soldiers in the border region, emphasised on strengthening border protection.

Earlier, Kheireddin Osman Zuda, head of the Centre for Strategic Studies of Tajikistan, announced that the number of outposts of the country on the Afghan border exceeded 100, and some of them were built with the help of international organisations.

Tajikistan, which is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation, has repeatedly asked Central Asian countries to create a "security belt" around Afghanistan.

According to Tajik officials, terrorists are actively present on the borders of Afghanistan and are trying to penetrate into Tajikistan and Central Asia.