Editing Armed Forces of Tajikistan (section)

== Security Forces ==

=== National Guard ===
{{main|Presidential National Guard}}

[[File:Tajikistan (2617602766).jpg|thumb|A border guard.]]
The Tajik National Guard is a special task force under direct command of the President of Tajikistan. Formed on 4 December 1992, it was originally a [[special forces]] unit known as the Brigade of Special Mission during the 16th session of the [[Supreme Assembly (Tajikistan)|Supreme Council of Tajikistan]], under the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan)|Tajik Interior Ministry]]. During its first years, the Guard underwent serious testing, which earned the trust of the President and the people. It was the reason why the President changed it from the Special Mission to the Presidential National Guard.

Their primary task is ensuring public safety and security. Within two years, four additional units were formed in the towns of [[Chkalovsk, Tajikistan|Chkalovsk]], Kalinin, and [[Obigarm]]. They had a similar structure to the rest of the military. Worthy of note is the honesty that the National Guard has exhibited. The Rapid Reaction Force, also called the First Brigade, under Colonel Mahmud Khudoiberdiyev, took part in the Tajik civil war, as part of the Guard and the regular Army. The colonel and his men fled into [[Uzbekistan]]. On 26 January 2004, the Presidential Guard was transformed into the National Guard.<ref>{{cite web|author=John Pike|title=Tajikistan – National Guard|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/tajik-guard.htm|access-date=22 September 2013|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org|archive-date=25 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925151740/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/tajik-guard.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Border Troops ===
{{main|Tajik Border Troops}}
[[File:Hbiurnigbnrib (4) 03.jpg|thumb|A Tajik army tankist.]]
The Border Troops of Tajikistan are responsible for border security and operate often with the [[Afghan Border Police]]. Development of the border guard is overseen by the [[Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osce.org/tajikistan/97687|title=Afghan and Tajik border guards complete patrol management course|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-date=3 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191203114051/https://www.osce.org/tajikistan/97687|url-status=live}}</ref> A [[Border Troops Academy]] is located in [[Dushanbe]], while a [[Border Troops Training Centre]] is found to the south in the [[Rudaki District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.osce.org/tajikistan/86053|title=OSCE|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-date=15 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815022642/https://www.osce.org/tajikistan/86053|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, the Border Troops, along with the National Army and Mobile Forces, took part in a joint war game with [[Kyrgyzstan]] on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border. The operation involved eliminating two attacking groups of terrorists.<ref name="globalsecurity1">{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/tajik-mobile.htm|title=Tajikistan - References|author=John Pike|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-date=15 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215205911/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/centralasia/tajik-mobile.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Internal Troops ===
{{main|Tajik Internal Troops}}

The Internal Troops, whose constituting document was passed on 28 December 1993, are tasked with state security, operating under the [[Ministry of Internal Affairs (Tajikistan)|Interior Ministry]]. The also act as a reserve for the military, and are similar to the National Guard. They have a similar structure to the military.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=2197|title=The law of the Republic of Tajikistan "About internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan"|access-date=24 December 2014|archive-date=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224161359/http://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=2197|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2020-04-10|title=10 апрел – Рӯзи таъсиси Раёсати қӯшунҳои дохилии Вазорати корҳои дохилӣ|url=https://euctj.org/10-aprel-r%d3%afzi-tasisi-rayosati-%d2%9b%d3%afshun%d2%b3oi-dohilii-vazorati-kor%d2%b3oi-dohil%d3%a3/|access-date=2021-05-08|website=EUCTJ|language=tg-TJ}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense ===
The [[Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense of Tajikistan|Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defense]] is the [[emergencies]] and [[civil defense]] [[ministry (government department)|ministry]] of Tajikistan. The ministry is authorized to make decisions on the protection of the Tajik population/territory from natural disasters and other geological processes.

=== National Drug Enforcement Agency ===
{{Main|National Drug Enforcement Agency}}