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Tajikistan Seeks Russian Troops After Attacks Kill Chinese Workers
Tajikistan consults Russia and the Collective Security Treaty Organisation to deploy troops for joint patrols after attacks killed five Chinese workers near the Afghan border.
- On Dec 2, Reuters reported that Tajikistan is in talks with Russia about deploying troops to jointly patrol the volatile Tajik-Afghan border.
- After attacks that killed five Chinese citizens, Tajik authorities convened emergency security meetings on Monday as China advised its citizens engaged in mining and business to leave the border area.
- Using aviation assets over rugged terrain is among the security options under consideration, with Russia's helicopters potentially patrolling the 1,344-kilometre mountainous border and leveraging its largest overseas military base in Dushanbe.
- A Tajik Security Council source said `I think a decision will be made... this week,' while Tajikistan has guarded the frontier independently since 2005; the Tajik and Russian ministries of defence declined to comment.
- The Moscow-led Collective Security Treaty Organisation participated in the talks but did not immediately respond to comment requests, while Taliban authorities in Afghanistan said they would cooperate with Tajikistan on border security, Reuters reported.
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right6Center10Last UpdatedBias Distribution44% Center
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