Thursday, 01 September 2005

RUSSIAN BORDER GUARDS END MISSION ON TAJIK-AFGHAN BORDER

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By empty (9/1/2005 issue of the CACI Analyst)

Russian border guards have transferred control of the last sector of the Pyandzh border sector to Tajikistan, deputy head of the Russian Border Service Lt. Gen. Viktor Trufanov told Interfax on Thursday.
Russian border guards have transferred control of the last sector of the Pyandzh border sector to Tajikistan, deputy head of the Russian Border Service Lt. Gen. Viktor Trufanov told Interfax on Thursday. \"The last sector of the Afghan-Tajik border under the control of the Pyandzh unit of Russian border guards was transferred to our Tajik colleagues on September 1 in conformity with the intergovernmental agreement. From now on Tajikistan will protect the border unaided,\" the general said. Russia will keep some of its border guards in Tajikistan, he said. \"A task force of the Russian Federal Security Service\'s Border Service has been deployed in Tajikistan,\" he said. (Interfax)
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