Overview
- Officials confirmed five Chinese workers were killed and five wounded in a November 27 cross-border attack launched from Afghanistan that used firearms and a drone against a mining site.
- Reuters reported, citing unnamed Tajik security sources, that talks were underway for Russian troops to conduct joint patrols along the 1,344-kilometer border under the CSTO, potentially with helicopter support.
- Tajik Foreign Ministry spokesman Shohin Samadi rejected the Reuters account as unverified, saying the claims of such talks were fabricated.
- China advised its citizens to leave the border area on December 1, and President Emomali Rahmon convened security chiefs to review the situation.
- Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi conveyed Kabul’s readiness to coordinate on border security and pursue joint investigations with Tajik authorities.