The Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) overfulfilled its spring conscription target by six percent, Orif Nozimiyon, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, told Asia-Plus today.
According to him, many young men have come to military registration and enlistment offices in the region voluntarily.
Meanwhile, Tajikistan has reportedly reached 36 percent of the spring conscription campaign target by April 11.
In the territorial cross section the percentage the target reached was: GBAO – 106 percent; Khatlon province – 32 percent; Sughd province – 35 percent; districts subordinate to the center (RRPs) – 36 percent; and Dushanbe – 36 percent.
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.
According to official data, some 600,000 young men in Tajikistan are eligible for military service, but some 150,000 of them have received draft deferments or are exempted from the military service.
Young Tajiks can avoid or postpone military service if they are ill, studying at university, an only son, or if they have two children.
Tajikistan’s armed forces consist of Ground Forces, Mobile Forces (paratroopers of the armed forces of Tajikistan), Air Force and Air Defense Force.
