RUZVAT, Tajikistan -- In many places along Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan, the countries are separated by just a few yards of water -- the narrow Panj River. There are no walls or fences ...

Tension has been mounting in western Asia following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last month, with Tajikistan reportedly beefing up its military presence on the Tajik-Afghan border in response.

A murky security operation on Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan on March 5 brought attention briefly back to an area that for nearly 25 years has rarely seen an entire week pass without some sort ...

Trouble appears to be brewing on Afghanistan’s border with the remote Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, in eastern Tajikistan. Or at least it appears to be. As is often the way in ...

An observation post being built on the Afghan-Tajik border by the "Tajik Taliban" is seen as an act of intimidation from Kabul and has irritated Tajikistan, which has not recognized the Taliban as ...

Tajikistan will reinforce its border with an additional 20,000 troops in response to a Taliban offensive capturing large swaths of territory in northern Afghanistan as U.S. troops exit the country.

A Tajik border guard was killed in a December 2017 clash with alleged Afghan drug smugglers at a different part of the border. A similar incident occurred in March 2016 .

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A surge of Taliban wins in northern Afghanistan has caused some countries to close their consulates in the region, while across the border in Tajikistan, reservists are ...

The United States is helping Tajikistan secure a portion of its border with Afghanistan to help combat security threats in the region, despite the ongoing crisis at the U.S. border.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A surge of Taliban wins in northern Afghanistan has caused some countries to close their consulates in the region, while across the border in Tajikistan, reservists ...