Baku, Azerbaijan, April 6
By Ali Mustafayev – Trend:
Tajikistan denies having any ties with the Taliban movement, the spokesman for the border troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan, Mukhammad Ulughodzhaev, said, Tajik media reported.
Previously, the Council of Elders of Afghanistan accused Tajikistan of supporting the Taliban movement. Specifically, a representative of the Council Louis Jirga said that wounded Taliban terrorists receive treatment in Tajikistan, speaking on Afghan TV.
Meanwhile, Mukhammad Ulughodzhaev called the statement of the Afghan council “baseless” and “provocative."
"The statement of the representative of the Council of Elders of Afghanistan Louis Jirga, accusing us of alleged support of Taliban is an insolent lie and provocation," Ulugkhodzhaev said.
He added that the situation on the Tajik-Afghan border is stable and that the border is under the control of Tajik border guards.