DUSHANBE, June 16, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A training center for airborne battalion of Tajikistan’s Mobile Troops officially opened in the Romit Gorge, Vahdat Township on June 16, an official source at the Ministry of Defense (MoD) told Asia-Plus in an interview.

According to him, Tajik paratroopers will rehearse coordination and interaction in combat missions in mountain terrain at this center.

The opening ceremony was attended by the Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Sherali Mirzo and other senior represetnat6ives of the MoD.

The Mobile Troops are the paratroopers of the armed forces of Tajikistan.  They are similar to the Russian Airborne Troops.  The Mobile Troops act like as a special forces in Tajikistan, subservient to the Ministry of Defense.  Although they are called paratroopers, the Mobile Forces often deployed out of helicopters, as the Tajik Air Force has few planes.   

The Mobile Force of Tajik Army was founded in 2005 without increase in a total strength of the country’s armed forces.  The Tajik military consists of Ground Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces, and Mobile Forces.