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Tajikistan warns of militant build-up on Afghan border

Staff Report

DUSHANBE -- About 10,000 to 15,000 members of various terrorist groups have massed in Afghanistan near its border with Tajikistan, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rakhimzoda said in Dushanbe, according to a Monday (January 23) CA-News.org report.

"The situation in Afghanistan is difficult," Rakhimzoda said, adding, "This situation arouses our concern."

The foreign fighters in Afghanistan include the nationals of Tajikistan and various other countries, he said.

Tajikistan has full control of its border with Afghanistan, he added.

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