The State Committee for National Security (SCNS): says Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan is under strict control of border guards.
“Tajik border guards are well aware of what is going on in Afghan Kunduz and the whole line of Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan is under strict control of Tajikistan’s border service,” Mohammad Ulughkhojayev, a spokesman for the SCNS, told Asia-Plus in an interview Tuesday afternoon.
According to him, all the cross-border points along the Tajik-Afghan border operate in a routine regime and no violations of the Tajik-Afghan border have been reported over the past fifteen days.
Recall that international media outlets reported on October 3 that Taliban militants have been repelled following a coordinated attack on the northern Afghan city of Kunduz, which is located 60 kilometers from Tajikistan’s border.
According to some sources, no less than 25 Taliban militants have been killed in Kunduz.
Meanwhile, Kunduz police and NATO say that Afghan security forces are back in control of the strategic northern city of Kunduz, NATO forces and local police say.
Taliban fighters earlier appeared to have breached the city, reportedly raising their flag in a central square, according to BBC.
In a major victory, Kunduz was briefly captured by the Taliban in September 2015 but government forces, backed by NATO, recaptured it within days.
Special forces have been flown in from Kabul to help repel the latest assault.
"The city center is now in our hands and not in their hands. We are launching an attack to clean up the area," Kunduz police chief Kassim Jangal Bagh told the AFP news agency.
The NATO-led Resolute Support mission said Afghan security forces were in control of the city and its main square "with additional troops coming".
Fighting is continuing near the city's police headquarters, governor's compound and National Directorate of Security headquarters, Reuters news agency reported, citing Afghan officials.
The Pentagon has reportedly suggested the assault was less serious than it may have appeared.
Meanwhile, the European Union and the Government of Afghanistan are co-hosting the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan on October 5. The conference is expected to gather more than 70 countries and 20 international organizations and agencies. It will provide a platform for the government of Afghanistan to set out its vision and track record on reform. For the international community, it will be the opportunity to signal sustained political and financial support to Afghan peace, state-building and development.
Foreign Minister Sirojiddin Aslov heading a Tajik government delegation is participating in the conference.
Kunduz is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan, located in the northern part of the country next to Tajikistan. The population of the province is around 954,000, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a tribal society. The city of Kunduz serves as the capital of the province.
