Afsara Shaheen
On December 23, 2025, at least five security personnel, including three Afghan nationals and two Tajikistan Border Guards, were killed in a cross-border armed clash along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, highlighting persistent instability along Afghanistan’s northern frontiers. Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security confirmed that two of its border guards were killed after armed assailants opened fire from Afghan territory. The exchange of fire erupted when attackers launched an assault from Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, specifically from the Shahr-e-Buzurg District, and from Chah Ab District in the neighbouring Takhar province. Tajik border forces retaliated, killing at least three attackers during the confrontation. Later on December 26, 2025, Tajikistan asked the Taliban to issue a formal apology and step up security along the shared border following the incident.
This incident followed a series of deadly cross-border attacks in December and November 2025, marking a sharp escalation in violence along the Tajikistan-Afghanistan frontier.
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