Attack by masked men on Tajikistan checkpoint near Uzbekistan border claims at least 17 lives
The aftermath of the deadly clash at Ishkobod border post, located some 50 kilometres west of Tajikistan's capital. .
"All are members of the so-called terrorist group 'Islamic State' [Daesh]", the border guard service said in a statement. "As a result of an operation conducted by law-enforcement forces, 15 members of an armed criminal group were neutralised and four more attackers detained," the country's interior ministry said.The clashes outside the capital Dushanbe broke out as the country prepared to celebrate Constitution Day on Wednesday and the country's long-serving President Emomali Rakhmon was on a visit to Switzerland.
The armed gang of around 20 masked people attacked the Ishkobod border post located some 50 kilometres west of the Tajikistan capital after 2200 GMT , the interior ministry said.Tajikistan, a poor mountainous country of nine million people bordering Afghanistan, has been hit by conflicts since it gained independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
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