Tajik army serviceman. Archival photoDUSHANBE, May 18, by Lidia Isamova.Tajik law enforcement agencies are conducting an anti-terrorist operation in the east of the country in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. «Members of an organized criminal group to destabilize the socio-political situation illegally blocked the Dushanbe-Kulma international highway on the section of the highway in the Rushan district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region directly on the state border line,» the Ministry of Internal Affairs said. «In this regard, in order to ensure the safety of citizens, public order and restore unimpeded traffic funds on the Dushanbe-Kulma international highway on the section of the road in the Rushan district, the country's law enforcement agencies launched an anti-terrorist operation,» the press service said. The press center notes that the criminals, with the support of international terrorist organizations, received weapons and ammunition outside the country passes, and also attracted foreign mercenaries to carry out terrorist acts and other provocations. «This action was deliberately directed against the foundations of the constitutional order. Organized crime groups have not complied with law enforcement officials' lawful demands to hand over weapons and ammunition and have put up armed resistance,» the law enforcement agency said. shelled the Farkhor district of Tajikistan, a source said
