Reports warn Tajik militant group in Afghanistan may be poised to attack Tajikistan

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A Tajik militant group in Afghanistan that may be beyond the control of the Taliban could be planning an incursion into Tajikistan, according to Russian media reports.
Moscow on October 8 responded to the reports, saying Russia, which has a military base in Tajikistan, stood ready to protect its ally in the event of any such cross-border attack from neighbouring Afghanistan.

"There are indeed reports that the Taliban cannot control the situation [in northern Afghanistan]... Still, we hope they [the Taliban regime] will honour the promises they have made [about not attacking neighbours]," Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as saying.

"All necessary assistance will be provided to Tajikistan if required, both within the [Moscow-led] Collective Security Treaty Organisation [CSTO] framework and bilaterally," he added.
The Tajik militants are said to be allied with the Taliban, but nevertheless not entirely under the control of the Islamist fundamentalists who seized power in Afghanistan in mid-August amid the chaotic departure of US forces from the war-torn country.

Riled
Since their takeover of Afghanistan, the predominantly ethnic Pashtun Taliban have been riled by Tajikistan, where the National Resistance Front (NRF) Afghan government-in-exile is based, and, in a war of words, the jihadists have warned the country’s Rahmon administration against meddling in Afghan affairs.

The Tajiks—who speak a variety of Persian—are the second largest ethnic group in Afghanistan, perhaps making up more than a quarter of the population and the majority of inhabitants in some northern areas of the country close to the border with Tajikistan, a former Soviet republic. Tajikistan is calling for an inclusive multi-ethnic government to be put in place in Afghanistan.
There have been reports of troop build-ups on both sides of the Afghan-Tajik border since early October. The Taliban’s own information confirmed that thousands of Afghan special forces fighters were being deployed in Afghanistan’s Takhar province adjacent to Tajikistan, TASS previously quoted Russian foreign ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev as saying in response to the reports. On the other hand, Russian RIA news agency cited Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi as saying the movement had not been building up its forces at the Tajik border.

Since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, Russia has been holding almost continuous military exercises with forces of Central Asian republics to Afghanistan’s north.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon doubled down on his criticism of the Taliban in an address to the UN General Assembly on September 23, warning that “various terrorist groups are actively using the unstable military-political situation in Afghanistan in order to strengthen their positions”.

“We are seriously concerned and regret that Afghanistan is once again on its way to becoming a platform for international terrorism,” he said.

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[jamahir]

"There are indeed reports that the Taliban cannot control the situation [in northern Afghanistan]... Still, we hope they [the Taliban regime] will honour the promises they have made [about not attacking neighbours]," Interfax news agency quoted Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko as saying.

The Taliban will never honor the promises. They never meant to. Tajikistan and Russia should take pre-emptive action and dislodge the Taliban and help the progressives in Afghanistan to govern the country. Will be good for the world.

 

[Titanium100]

This is horse-shit not even worth an article. The Northern territories in the Tajik areas is Qari Fasihuddin territories and these are the most secure areas and pretty much in line with the chief army staff of Afghanistan himself Qari Fasihuddin the source is also absolutely shxt. There is no stragetic upside in Tajikistan aka the switzerland of the far east for IEA really nothing there is no upside to Tajikistan for IEA long term planning or stragetic significiance.

IEA has alot of territories and definitely not in need of more but the short term goal is to bring security, build-up country and developement for the next couple of decades

 

[Bilal.]

The Taliban will never honor the promises. They never meant to. Tajikistan and Russia should take pre-emptive action and dislodge the Taliban and help the progressives in Afghanistan to govern the country. Will be good for the world.

Who? Khalq? Parcham? Or the imaginary SPA that’s hiding underground

 

[jamahir]

Who? Khalq? Parcham? Or the imaginary SPA that’s hiding underground

I don't know where are Khalq and Parcham but yes, why not SPA ? This is an article from 2021 August the 10th from the website of the "imaginary" SPA :

Sili Ghaffar (Parto TV; 5 Asad 1400): "No nation has yet achieved peace and prosperity through compromise with the oppressors and traitors of the nation. The history of countless countries, including the history of our own homeland, has proved that only popular protest and struggle can sound the alarm about the destruction of its internal and external traitors, and that is enough! There is no other way.

So our people must put aside ethnic, regional, linguistic and national issues and unite. First of all, let the criminals curse their people and stand up against them. "Real peace can prevail in our country when all the traitors of Talebi and Gulbudini, Regime and ISIS are eradicated from our homeland and the hands of their foreign owners are cut off from our destiny."

The page has a vid if you can understand Pashto or Dari or whichever language she is speaking.