Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Jan 30, 2026 (AFP) - Tajikistan says 3 'drug trafficekrs' killed on Afghan border

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Tajikistan said Friday it had killed three drug smugglers crossing over from Afghanistan, in the latest clash on their mountainous border. Tajikistan shares a 1,350-kilometre (840-mile) frontier with Afghanistan and has tense relations with the Taliban. The Khovar state news agency quoted Tajik officials as saying that three out of five "drug traffickers" were killed in the southern Khatlon region after showing "armed resistance". Two others "ma......

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