Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi stated that he had a phone conversation with his Tajik counterpart, Sirojiddin Muhriddin, following the recent clash on the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Tajik authorities have not officially announced this, Asiaplus.tj reports.
The clash on the border between the two countries occurred on December 23. According to Tajik authorities, two Tajik officers and three attackers were killed.
On December 27, at an event in Kabul commemorating the 46th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, Muttaqi stated that they had launched a "serious investigation" following the incident on the Tajik-Afghan border, Amu.tv reports.
He said that "malicious circles" are seeking to destroy the Taliban's relations with Tajikistan and want to portray the situation as "unsafe."
"We have contacted the Tajik Foreign Minister and are working together to prevent such negative events," Muttaqi said.
He did not provide any further details or specify when the conversation took place.
Chinese authorities have called on their citizens to evacuate areas of Tajikistan bordering Afghanistan.
In the four years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, this is the second time the media has reported a telephone conversation between the group's Foreign Minister and his Tajik counterpart. The first time was in early December, following two attacks from Afghanistan on Tajikistan's border regions, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of 10 Chinese citizens.
As a reminder, the most recent clash on the border, which, according to the Tajik State Committee for National Security (GKNB) Border Troops, occurred on December 23 between Tajik border guards and an armed group from Afghanistan. Five people were killed – two Tajik officers and three "members of a terrorist organization." According to the agency, the attackers crossed the border into the protected area of Border Observation Post No. 5 "Bog" at the Sarchashma military unit in the Shamsiddin Shokhin district and intended to commit an armed attack.
Border troops reported that three M-16 rifles, a Kalashnikov assault rifle, three pistols, 10 hand grenades, a night vision device, explosives, and other ammunition were seized from the dead terrorists.
Tajik authorities did not specify which "terrorist organization" the dead men belonged to. However, the Afghan newspaper "Khashte Subh" reported that all three were members of the Jamaat Ansarullah group.
The Tajik State Committee for National Security (GKNB) accused the Taliban government of "failing to fulfill its international obligations and consistent promises to ensure security and stability on the state border with Tajikistan and combat members of terrorist organizations, and demonstrating serious and repeated irresponsibility."
Dushanbe stated that the Taliban government should apologize to the people of Tajikistan and take "additional effective measures to ensure security on the border with Tajikistan."
It should be noted that Tajikistan is the only country in Central Asia that does not have political and diplomatic relations with the Taliban, although reports of bilateral meetings and consultations have been increasingly published recently.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
December 29, 2025