KABUL (TOLONews): The Drug Control Agency of Tajikistan has reported ten armed clashes between its security forces and drug traffickers from Afghanistan along the shared border between the two countries.
According to Sammad Zafar, the head of the agency, 54.4 percent of the 3,107 kilograms of drugs seized during this period were intercepted at the Afghan border.
A Russian media outlet quoted: “The Press Service of the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan reported that in the first half of 2025, the country seized 3,107 kilograms of narcotics from illegal circulation. According to agency director Zafar Sammad, 54.4 percent of these narcotics were seized at the border with Afghanistan.”
Ahmad Khan Andar, a military affairs analyst, stated: “Tajikistan’s concern about drug trafficking from our country is unfounded. Afghanistan shares dry borders with all of its neighboring countries, and any of them could potentially be misused as a transit route for trafficking narcotics into Tajikistan.”
Political analysts believe that the Islamic Emirate has made serious efforts to combat drug trafficking and cultivation, but they emphasize that regional cooperation is essential to achieving lasting results.
Fazl-ur-Rahman Oria, a political analyst, said: “If Tajikistan truly wants to fight drug trafficking effectively, especially considering Pakistan is the source of much of it, then it must establish broader and more effective coordination with the Afghan government.”
Since the return of the Islamic Emirate to power, its leadership has issued a decree banning the cultivation and trafficking of narcotics. The Ministry of Interior has repeatedly stressed that drug cultivation and smuggling have been brought down to zero.
Meanwhile, the United Nations has consistently reported that drug cultivation and trafficking in Afghanistan have dropped by more than 90 percent.
