Tajikistan calls up reservists to bolster border as Afghan troops, fleeing Taliban, seek refuge
Dushanbe, Tajikistan/Kabul, AfghanistanReuters Tajikistan’s President on Monday ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan after more than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the frontier in response to Taliban militant advances. The crossings on Sunday underscored the rapidly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan, where foreign troops near a complete withdrawal […]