DUSHANBE, 25.12.2025: Tajikistans official news service NIAT Khovar has reported on Thursday that they lost two of their soldiers in a clash with three assailants coming from Afghanistan.
According to the statement , the incident took place on
December 23, 2025, at 23:30, when ‘three members of a terrorist organization
crossed the state border and entered the territory of the Republic of
Tajikistan from Afghanistan within the protected area of Border Outpost No. 5
“Bog” of the 0341 “Sarchashma” Border Detachment, located in the Qavoq area of
Shamsiddin Shohin District.’
As a result of timely operational and search measures, at
11:15 on December 24, 2025, the location of the terrorists on the territory of
the Republic of Tajikistan was identified.
The terrorists refused to comply with the order of Tajik
border guards to surrender and offered armed resistance. They intended to carry
out an armed attack on one of the border outposts of the Border Troops of the
State Committee for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan.
As a result of the combat operation, all three terrorists
were neutralized. From the scene, three firearms—an M-16 rifle and a
Kalashnikov assault rifle—three foreign-made pistols equipped with suppressors,
ten hand grenades, one night-vision device, explosives, and other military
equipment were seized.
During the armed clash and the prevention of
this terrorist act, two servicemen of the Border Troops of the State Committee
for National Security of the Republic of Tajikistan—Navruzbekov Zirehbon
Naghzibekovich and Qurbonov Ismatullo Ghulomovich—were killed.
Over the past month, this is the third incident involving an
armed attack, a terrorist act, and the illegal crossing of the state border
from Afghanistan into Tajikistan, resulting in the deaths of civilians and
military personnel.
The statement said these facts demonstrate the Taliban
government’s failure to fulfill their international obligations and repeated
commitments to ensuring security and stability along the state border with the
Republic of Tajikistan and to combating members of terrorist organizations,
reflecting serious and recurring irresponsibility.
No reaction from the Afghan Taliban has been received about the incident.
The Border Troops of the State Committee for National
Security of the Republic of Tajikistan hope that the leadership of the Taliban
government will offer an apology to the people of Tajikistan and take
additional effective measures to ensure security along the border with
Tajikistan.
The Border Troops of the State Committee for National
Security of the Republic of Tajikistan firmly state that they possess full
physical and combat capabilities to ensure the security of the state border.
Tajik border guards will continue to resolutely defend the country’s borders
against external encroachments and, as always, will deliver a decisive response
to terrorist groups, smugglers, and any attempts at border violations from
Afghanistan.
At present, the situation along the state border is calm.
The Tajik officials say investigation into the incident is
ongoing.
The latest incident shows that a new escalation is under way
on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan following a series of attacks
in which Dushanbe claims Afghan fighters.
Earlier, assailants from Afghanistan targeted a joint
Chinese–Tajik gold mine, killing five Chinese nationals. Beijing subsequently advised all
its nationals to leave the border area, demanded Tajikistan
strengthen its defenses, and called on Afghanistan to investigate the
incidents.
In the wake of the attacks, Reuters news agency quoted
sources in Tajikistan who said the country was asking Moscow to deploy
troops—either under the remit of the Collective Security Treaty Organization
(CSTO) or from Russia’s 201st military base in Tajikistan—to carry out joint
border patrols. Even though Reuters subsequently deleted its
article because of “insufficient evidence,” the situation remains a problematic
one for Moscow.
At stake is Russia’s role as a regional security
guarantor.
Despite having a weak army and a long border with
Afghanistan, Tajikistan rushed to position
itself as the main adversary of the Taliban regime that came to power
in 2021. While Uzbekistan forged a working relationship with Kabul, and Russia
became the first (and so far only) country in the world to establish diplomatic
relations with the Taliban, Dushanbe demonstratively refused to engage.
Tajikistan even backed the remnants of Afghan opposition
forces, and remains the only country in the region not to allow the Taliban to
use the Afghan
embassy. Confrontational rhetoric has been accompanied by muscle flexing,
with military parades on the border, and checks of
the readiness of the country’s reservists.
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