DUSHANBE, October 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – The first nine months of this year have seen 19 cases of exchange of gunfire between Tajik border guards and trespassers along the Tajik-Afghan border, according to the Main Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS).

10 Afghan trespassers and six Tajik trespassers have reportedly been killed in those gunfire exchanges.  Besides, two Afghan trespassers have been wounded.

165 violators of border, including 31 Afghan nationals, six Kyrgyz nationals, 109 Tajik nationals, nine Uzbek nationals, eight Russian nationals and two citizens of China, have been detained over the same nine-month period.

More than 1,000 kilograms of narcotics and 20 firearms have reportedly been seized along the border over the report period.