Tajik-Afghan border to pass under Tajik control

The final phase of the transfer of the state border under the control of Tajikistan started on 9 June from the transfer of "Northern Pyanj" outpost to the Committee for State Border Defence of RT. Russian FSB (Federal Security Service) service in Tajikistan has advised KZ-today.

During the next ten days the Russian-Tajik commission will take over other nine outposts and three frontier posts with all infrastructure necessary for the border protection at the entire 135-km border area earlier protected by Russian frontier guards. The Committee for State Border Defence of RT will also take over "Halkoyar" training centre, considered to be one of the best ones in the frontier troops of Russia.