The Taliban is being built on the Tajik-Afghan border of the Taliban, Radio Azattyk said.
In Dushanbe, the construction of a guard tower is considered as a provocation and an act of intimidation from the Taliban. Earlier, Tajikistan refused to recognize the movement “Taliban” by the legal government of Afghanistan. Representatives of the Taliban movement and Tajik militants who are wanted in their homeland build a new observation post right across the river from the Darvaz district of Tajikistan. “They arrive almost every day on their cars to this new watchtower and defiantly loudly yell into the loudspeaker in the Tajik dialect, insulting the Tajik authorities,” commented the Tajik official whose name is not called. “This is a deliberate provocation,” he said. According to the Tajik authorities, the Taliban of official powers to patrol the border by the Tajik militants increases the distrust of the Taliban military group and creates a feeling of threat from Afghanistan.
In turn, the press secretary of the Taliban Government Zabikhullah Mujahid said in an interview that Tajikistan should not worry about the presence of any groups on the border and direct his fears about security in Kabul. “We will not allow Afghanistan to be used by any groups to threaten neighboring countries,” Mujahid said. “If the Tajik side has some questions or fears, if they have officially talk to us, give Allah, they will be satisfied, and we will be satisfied We eliminate threats. From this point of view, we want the Tajik government to enter into an official dialogue with our government, come into contact, so that there is trust between the two sides. “
Tajikistan does not recognize the Taliban government and has not declared its cooperation with the militants since they came to power in August after the overthrow of the pro -Western government.