CSTO to Supply Military Equipment to Tajikistan Amid Border Tensions with Afghanistan

Borderguards patrolling the Tajik-Afghanistan border, a known drug corridor for opium and heroin.
The road from Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan, through the Tajik Pamir mountains and the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan.

The Russia-led Collective Security Treaty Organization announced Friday it will provide weapons and military equipment to Tajikistan’s border forces amid rising insecurity along the Afghanistan border.

The CSTO decided to strengthen Tajikistan’s border capabilities...