CSTO adjusts arms support for Tajik troops to bolster Afghan border security

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has reviewed and updated its plans to supply weapons and military equipment to Tajikistan’s border troops in a move aimed at reinforcing the country’s border with Afghanistan.

According to a statement from the CSTO press service, a meeting was held on Friday at the CSTO Secretariat involving representatives of member states participating in the Targeted Interstate Program to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border. Acting CSTO Secretary General Valery Semerikov attended the session.

During the meeting, the Tajik side, acting as the program’s coordinator, presented a progress report on the implementation of the program’s first phase.

The participants reviewed and adjusted the list of weapons, military equipment, and technical border protection tools to be produced and delivered to Tajikistan’s border troops.

The move comes amid concerns among regional countries regarding the possible infiltration of militants from Afghanistan.

Tajikistan, which shares a 1,300-kilometer border with Afghanistan, has been especially vocal, warning of the deteriorating humanitarian and security conditions just across the border.

In response to regional unease, officials from the Islamic Emirate have consistently downplayed these concerns, insisting that Afghanistan poses no threat to its neighbors.