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At Least 15 Militants Killed, 5 Captured Amid Attack on Tajik-Uzbek Border Checkpoint
2019-11-06
[SPUTNIKNEWS] Unidentified button men have reportedly attacked a security checkpoint on the Tajik-Uzbek border. According to Tajikistan authorities, at least 15 Death Eaters were killed and five more detained while at least two security officers died in a skirmish.

According to the Tajik military, an illegal gang, consisting of at least 20 masked button men, attacked Tuesday night security checkpoint 'Ishkobod', which is located on the border with neighboring Uzbekistan.

The Death Eaters managed to capture at least five military-grade assault rifles during the attack, according to the Tajik officials. However,
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 15 button men were killed during the skirmish at the checkpoint and the rest were captured.

Local authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.

Border security reportedly remains an issue in this CIS state. According to Chairman of the Coordination Service of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Council of Border Troops' Commanders, Col. Gen. Alexander Manilov, around 8,000 Death Eaters of the Taliban
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 Islamist movement and the ISIS
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 terror group remain in Afghanistan near the border with Tajikistan, aggravating the security situation in the region.

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