Tajikistan, Afghanistan amass troops on border

Tass news agency quoted a spokesman of the Russian foreign ministry as saying that both Kabul and Dushanbe and Kabul should resolve any dispute in a mutually acceptable manner.

Russian foreign ministry spokesman also said that there were reports that Tajikistan and Afghanistan were amassing troops on their common borders.

“We observe with concern the growing tensions in Tajik-Afghan relations amid mutually strong statements by the leadership of the two countries,” TASS quoted ministry spokesman Alexei Zaitsev as saying.

Taliban, he said, were claiming that they had sent “tens of thousands” of their special forces fighters in Takhar province along the Tajikistan border.