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DUSHANBE (TCA) — Armed forces of Tajikistan and China on August 8 started joint military exercises in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region which borders Afghanistan, Tajikistan’s Avesta news agency reported. Tajikistan’s Defense Ministry told Avesta it is the first large-scale joint Tajik-Chinese counterterrorism exercise. Tajikistan is represented in the drills by ground, air and anti-aircraft defense forces. The Tajik Defense Ministry said the exercises will practice coordinated actions on the border and fighting terrorism. It is not the first Tajik-Chinese military exercises in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region — similar exercises were held in October 2016 with the participation of about 10 thousand Tajik and Chinese troops. The Chinese side was then represented by a company of the People’s Liberation Army of China. The drill involved artillery, armored vehicles, and military aircraft. In that exercise, Tajik and Chinese military practiced elimination of terrorists infiltrating from Afghanistan to Tajikistan and on to China. In recent years, China has increased its military presence in Tajikistan’s remote Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region in a move to protect its northwestern Xinjiang region from potential spillover of Islamic extremists from Afghanistan.
DUSHANBE (TCA) — High-level representatives from Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and the United States Embassy participated in the official inauguration of a Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence on 6 August in Dushanbe. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — China and Kyrgyzstan on August 6 launched their joint counter-terrorism exercise "Cooperation-2019" at a training base in China's northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region which borders Kyrgyzstan, Xinhua news agency reported. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Armed forces of Tajikistan and China will conduct joint military exercises in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region which borders Afghanistan, Orif Nozimien, head of the press office of Tajikistan’s Defense Ministry, told Avesta news agency on July 9. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has discussed military cooperation between Russia and Tajikistan with the Central Asian country's President, Emomali Rahmon, and its defense minister, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
TASHKENT (TCA) — The Uzbek National Guard and the Chinese People's Armed Police Force concluded their two-week-long joint anti-terror exercise code-named "Cooperation-2019" at the Forish field training base in the Jizzakh region in Uzbekistan on May 15, Xinhua news agency reported. Continue reading
