ON THE SITUATION IN NORTHERN AFGHANISTAN. Statement of the Tajik Border Troops Press Center
DUSHANBE, 22.06.2021 (NIAT Khovar) – On June 21, 2021, at 7:00 pm, an armed group of the Taliban attacked the Sherkhan-Bandar Border Commissariat in Kunduz Province, Afghanistan, reports the Tajik Border Troops Press Center.
As a result of the armed clashes, which lasted until 09:00 am on June 22, 134 servicemen of the Afghan government forces could not resist and in order to save themselves were forced to cross the state border through the security zone of the 3rd and 4th checkpoints of the «Panj» border detachment and flee in the direction of Tajikistan.