Tajikistan says new border security strategy coming
By Stan Rogers
2011-01-07
DUSHANBE – Tajik Drug Control Agency (AKN) Director and Militia Lt. Gen. Rustam Nazarov said Tajikistan will approve a new strategy to secure its border with Afghanistan soon, CA-NEWS.org reported January 6, quoting an online chat between Nazarov and users of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Tajik service.
The Tajik government has co-operated with the UN and other international organisations to strengthen border security, he said, adding that securing the Afghan border should be a priority even for countries that do not neighbour Afghanistan.
Tajik authorities, meanwhile, seized more than 110kg of narcotics in operations near the Afghan border and in Dushanbe, according to the Tajik Committee for National Security, CA-NEWS.org reported January 7. One Afghan suspect was killed during the operation near the border.
