Tajik Internal Troops

The Tajik Internal Troops (Tajik: Қӯшунҳои дохилии Тоҷикистон) are the internal security force of Tajikistan, under the Interior Ministry (VKD). They act as the primary reserve force of the Tajik Armed Forces, and are in charge of homeland defence, along with the Tajik Border Troops. The Internal Troops are led by Major General Negmatullo Kurbanov.[2]

Tajik Internal Troops
Founded10 April 1993 (1993-04-10)
Country Tajikistan
BranchMinistry of Internal Affairs (VKD)
TypeInternal security
RoleHomeland defence
Size30,000
Garrison/HQDushanbe
ColorsBlack
AnniversariesNovember 10 (Day of the Tajik Police)[1]
April 10
EngagementsTajikistani Civil War
Websitewww.vkd.tj
Commanders
Current
commander		Major General Negmatullo Kurbanov
Insignia
Identification
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History
A transport vehicle of the Internal Troops

The first Tajik militia was founded on 7 December 1924, when the People's Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the Tajik Autonomous Republic was formed. A week later on 14 December, Abdullo Yarmukhamedov was appointed the first People's Commissar for Internal Affairs. On 5 February 1925, 33 NKVD officers were transferred from Tashkent to Dushanbe, where they would be stationed permanently as part of the NKVD division in Dyushambe the next day. The Tajik Internal Troops were officially founded on 10 April 1993, over a month after the founding of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan. It was founded originally as a Directorate. In 2011, by decree of the Government of Tajikistan, the Internal Troops was expanded in the number of personnel, in a number of cities and regions of the country additional locations of Military Unit No. 3503 were created.[3] Since Tajikistan's independence from the USSR, over 1,700 personnel of the internal troops were killed in the line of duty.[4]

Role

It has the following duties:[5]

  • Assisting the internal affairs bodies in protecting public order, ensuring public safety and the legal regime of the state of emergency.
  • Ensuring the protection and defense of especially important and especially sensitive facilities, facilities on communications and special cargoes.
  • Participation in the territorial defense of Tajikistan.
  • Participation in the fight against terrorism.
  • Protection of warehouses of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
  • Participation in liquidation of consequences of natural disasters, major accidents, catastrophes and other emergency circumstances.
  • Other tasks determined by the legislation of Tajikistan.

Being the main agency of the VKD, it is an organized Militsiya (Tajik: Милитсия) that can be deployed during peacetime and wartime across the country to provide military police and government security. It also acts as a reserve force for the larger armed forces, which does not have an organized military reserve. The Presidential National Guard, which is an affiliated unit, provides specialized security to the President of Tajikistan.

Structure

The Internal Troops numbers 3,800 people. They consist of the following units:[6]

  • Separate Brigade
  • Special-Purpose Operational Brigade
  • Special Detachments
    • Mountain Rangers
    • Alpine Skier Unit

Notable Soldiers

References
  1. Суханронии Президенти Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон Эмомалӣ Раҳмон дар маҷлиси ботантана ба муносибати Рўзи милитсия
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-11-04. Retrieved 2013-10-31.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.narodnaya.tj/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6443:---25-----&Itemid=213
  4. "В Душанбе состоится смотр-парад МВД Таджикистана - Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus". www.news.tj.
  5. http://base.spinform.ru/show_doc.fwx?rgn=2197
  6. "Или разбегутся, или уидут к талибам". ВПК.name (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-11-27.


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