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Biden to help secure Tajikistan's border. Seriously.
2021-09-05
[Right Scoop via FOX] It was announced today that the Biden administration will help Tajikistan secure its border with Afghanistan, which is not sitting well with many in the US:
FOX NEWS — The United States is helping Tajikistan secure a portion of its border with Afghanistan to help combat security threats in the region since the U.S. troop withdrawal from Kabul Monday, despite the ongoing crisis at the U.S. border that’s seeing thousands of migrants pour into the country every day.

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe has launched a project to construct new facilities for a Border Service detachment along the Tajik-Afghan-Uzbek border, allowing Tajikistan’s border troops to deploy more quickly in response to threats in the region, the embassy said in a press release Wednesday.

"The United States and Tajikistan enjoy strong security cooperation, and this border detachment project is just another example of our shared commitment to the security and sovereignty of Tajikistan and Central Asia," Ambassador John Pommersheim said in a statement.
The project is scheduled to break ground in early 2022. When completed, the new facility will provide housing for Tajikistan’s border troops and their family members, the release said.

Border agents have spoken out about this calling it a slap in the face:
Related:
Tajikistan: 2021-09-01 Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin 'threatened embassy staff' in Tajikistan after they refused to help him with a plan to rescue American family from Afghanistan by helicopter
Tajikistan: 2021-08-31 Former British soldier stranded in Kabul plans escape for 400 Afghans
Tajikistan: 2021-08-27 Russia to Supply Weapons to Afghanistan's Neighbors
Posted by:Besoeker

#2  More China prodding I expect.
Posted by: Skidmark   2021-09-05 09:21  

#1  We are pledged to fight to the death to secure the borders of other nations but must never be allowed to secure our own.
Posted by: Blinky Pholuling8616   2021-09-05 03:13  

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