DUSHANBE, July 12, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik and Russian servicemen are rehearsing coordination and interaction in combat missions in mountains.

According to the Russian Central military District press service, they are rehearsing to counter hybrid operations of simulate enemy and the main phase of this exercise is passing through an 8-kilometer reconnaissance (scout) path created at the Lohour training ground.

The first groups are reportedly headed by Colonel Mahmadali Ashourov, Deputy Commander of Ground Forces of Tajikistan, and Colonel Denis Lyamin, Commander of the Russian Military Base in Tajikistan.