The family of Ismatullo Qurbonov, a 28-year-old officer of Tajikistan’s Border Troops who was killed in an armed clash on the Tajik-Afghan border, has been provided with a two-room apartment in Bokhtar, the capital of Khatlon province. The Khatlon governor’s office reported this.
The keys to the new home and financial assistance were handed over to Qurbonov’s widow by Khatlon Governor Davlatali Said, on behalf of the President of Tajikistan.
Earlier, a similar two-room apartment was provided to the family of another officer, Zirehbon Navrouzbekov, who was killed in the same clash, in Khorog, the capital the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO.
Both officers died on December 24, 2025, during an armed confrontation with militants from Afghanistan while serving at Border Post No. 5 "Bogh" of the "Sarichashma" border detachment in Khatlon’s Shamsiddin-Shohin district.
Three border violators crossed into Tajikistan and entered its territory. Tajik border guards located their position, but "the terrorists refused to surrender and opened armed resistance."
"During the ensuing operation, all three terrorists were neutralized. From the scene, three M-16 firearms, an AK-47 assault rifle, three foreign pistols with silencers, ten hand grenades, one night vision binoculars, explosives, and other combat gear were seized," says a statement released by the Main Border Guard Directorate of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS).
The Main Border Guard Directorate emphasized that "this is the third armed attack, terrorist act, and border crossing from Afghanistan into Tajikistan in the last month, resulting in the deaths of both civilians and military personnel."
“These incidents confirm that the Taliban government has repeatedly demonstrated its serious inability and irresponsibility in fulfilling international obligations and promises regarding security and stability along the state border with the Republic of Tajikistan and in combating terrorist organizations,” the Main Border Guard Directorate stated.
