A two-month spring conscription campaign concluded on May 31. According to the Ministry of Defense, Sughd and Khatlon provinces as well as districts subordinate o the center have reported on fulfillment of their spring conscription targets by May 31.
The Defense Ministry notes that “despite significant progress, there are citizens who, after receiving the summons, did not appear at the military registration and enlistment offices without a good reason.”
The Defense Ministry has reportedly made a list of such young men and it has been sent to relevant bodies.
“Legal action will be taken against these young men,” the Defense Ministry stresses.
The spring conscription campaign is carried out from April 1 through May, and the draft affects able-bodied male citizens in the age bracket of 18 years old to 27 years old who are not members of the armed forces reserve
The same decree provides for the retirement from active duty of soldiers and sergeants whose service under conscription is over.
The two-month-long effort seeking to enlist young men aged 18-27 for the two-year compulsory military service takes place twice a year, in the spring and in the autumn.
Young Tajiks can avoid or postpone military service if they are ill, studying at university, an only son, or if they have two children.
Recall, amendments have been made to the country’s law on military service this year. The amendments came into effect on February 4, 2021 and young men in Tajikistan who wish to forgo the military service may now do so by paying a fee to the government. A one-month basic reserve service will be organized for those who did not perform conscript service for a fee. At the end of basic reserve service they will receive military cards.
Besides, under the law on the universal military duty in new edition, graduates of universities having military department will also be drafted into the army for one year.
Only people who have done military service will be permitted to obtain employment with the government or join the army in a professional capacity.
Tajikistan’s armed forces consist of Ground Forces, Mobile Forces (paratroopers of the armed forces of Tajikistan), Air Force and Air Defense Force.
