DM Monitoring
MOSCOW: Russia urged Tajikistan and Afghanistan to resolve any dispute in a mutually acceptable manner, saying it had heard reports they were sending troops to their common border, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
“We observe with concern the growing tensions in Tajik-Afghan relations amid mutually strong statements by the leadership of the two countries,” TASS quoted ministry spokesperson Alexei Zaitsev as saying.
According to the Taliban’s own information, tens of thousands of special forces fighters have been deployed in the Takhar province of northeastern Afghanistan, adjacent to Tajikistan, he said. Tajikistan’s foreign ministry and Taliban spokesmen were not immediately available for comment on the reports.
