Tajik Border Troops

The Border Troops, also called the Border Service, is the border security force of Tajikistan. Functioning under the State Committee for National Security as part of the Armed Forces, the border guards are trained by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, along with the Afghan Border Police.[1] A higher education college is located in the capital, Dushanbe, the Border Troops Academy, and a Border Troops Training Centre is located south of it, in the Rudaki District.[2] The main control station of the border troops is the Border Management Center of the Main Border Guard Directorate of the SCNS.[3]

Border Troops
A soldier of the Border Troops stands guard in Khujand.
Active26 May 1994 (1994-05-26)
Country Tajikistan
BranchState Committee for National Security
TypeBorder guard
RoleBorder security
Size25,000
Garrison/HQDushanbe
AnniversariesBorder Guards Day
Commanders
Current
commander		Colonel General Rajabali Rahmonali

History

In 2011, the Border Troops, along with the national army and mobile forces, took part in a military drill with Kyrgyzstan. Their objective was to eliminate two terrorist groups on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border.[4]

Training Center "Poytakht"

The Training Center "Poytakht" of the Border Troops is located in the metropolitan area of Firdavsi of Dushanbe. It is considered the main training base for servicemen of the Border Troops of SCNS, conducting the training of a large number of recruits of border guards, military personnel, including sappers, signalers, dog handlers, drivers, snipers and motorized infantry. Facilities include a sewing workshop, an assembly hall, an educational building and Radio-technical Border Management College.[5] The silver jubilee military parade occurred on the site of the center in 2019.[6][7]

Incidents
  • In late 2014, four Tajik border guards were abducted from their posts on the border with Afghanistan by an unidentified group.[8]
  • Unidentified gunmen from Afghanistan killed 2 Tajik border guards on 26 August, 2018.[9]

References
  1. Afghan and Tajik border guards complete patrol management course. OSCE. Published 30 November 2012. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  2. OSCE supports training for Tajik border guard services on refugees and asylum issues. OSCE. Published 9 December 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  3. https://asiaplustj.info/en/news/tajikistan/security/20190528/tajik-leader-gets-acquainted-with-activities-of-the-border-management-center
  4. Tajik Mobile Forces. Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 27 September 2013.
  5. https://www.jahonnamo.tj/en/president/33544-visit-to-the-training-center-poytakht-of-the-border-troops-of-the-state-committee-for-national-security.html
  6. https://mfa.tj/en/main/view/4151/participation-in-the-military-parade-at-the-training-center-poytakht-of-the-border-guards
  7. https://mir24.tv/news/16362661/rahmon-pogranichniki-tadzhikistana-ohranyayut-granicy-sng-uzhe-chetvert-veka
  8. Tajikistan Identifies Border Guards Abducted by Afghans. Radio Liberty. Published 9 January 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  9. Editorial, Reuters. "Tajik or Russian plane bombs Afghan border area, six dead: Afghan..." U.S. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
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