Editing Armed Forces of Tajikistan (section)

==== Personnel training and conscription ====
Tajik men aged 18–27 are eligible to be drafted in the armed forces, and are expected to serve up to two years.  Public servants such as educators have been exempt from the conscription since the early 2000s.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2018-11-23|title=Tajik army faces criticism over draft campaign|language=en-GB|publisher=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-46315835|access-date=2021-05-03|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503225509/https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-46315835|url-status=live}}</ref> The Armed Forces annually has two training sessions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mort.tj/1-%d1%83%d0%bc%d0%b8-%d0%b8%d1%8e%d0%bb-%d0%b4%d0%b0%d0%b2%d1%80%d0%b8-%d0%b4%d1%83%d1%8e%d0%bc%d0%b8-%d1%82%d0%b0%d2%b3%d1%81%d0%b8%d0%bb-%d0%b4%d0%b0%d1%80-%d2%9b%d1%83%d0%b2%d0%b2%d0%b0%d2%b3%d0%be/ |title=1-УМИ ИЮЛ ДАВРИ ДУЮМИ ТАҲСИЛ ДАР ҚУВВАҲОИ МУСАЛЛАҲ БО РИОЯИ ҚОИДАҲОИ САНИТАРӢ-ГИГИЕНӢ ОҒОЗ ГАРДИД — Вазорати Мудофияи Ҷумуҳурии Тоҷикистон |publisher=Mort.tj |date=2021-07-01 |accessdate=2022-09-21 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184506/http://mort.tj/1-%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D0%B8%D1%8E%D0%BB-%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%B4%D1%83%D1%8E%D0%BC%D0%B8-%D1%82%D0%B0%D2%B3%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BB-%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%80-%D2%9B%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B2%D0%B0%D2%B3%D0%BE/ |url-status=live }}</ref>