Tajikistan has reached 89 percent of its autumn conscription target by October 22, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) press center.
Meanwhile, the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) and Dushanbe have already fulfilled their autumn conscription targets.
In the territorial cross section the percentage the target reached was: Gorno Badakhshan – 106 percent; Khatlon province – 91 percent; Sughd province – 80 percent; districts subordinate to the center (RRPs) – 82 percent; and Dushanbe – 100 percent.
The autumn conscription campaign is carried out from October 1 through November, 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 the Ministry of Defense, every year, some 15,000-16,000 young Tajik men are drafted into the country’s armed forces. 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.
Tajikistan’s armed forces consist of Ground Forces, Mobile Forces (paratroopers of the armed forces of Tajikistan), Air Force and Air Defense Force.
