Tajikistan holds its largest-ever military drill amid Taliban advance in neighbouring Afghanistan
In this file photo, Afghan National Army soldiers patrol the area near a checkpoint recaptured from the Taliban, in the Alishing district of Laghman province, Afghanistan July 8, 2021.
The Central Asian nation mobilised 130,000 men from its military reserve in addition to 100,000 active servicemen for the three-hour exercise, President Emomali Rakhmon said at a military parade later that day, urging vigilance amid fighting to the south of the border.Rakhmon also said 20,000 troops has been redeployed to the Afghan border.The military drill was the first of its kind in the 30-year history of the former Soviet country, and was broadcast on state television.
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