AFP quotes agency spokesman Avaz Yuldashev saying the three Afghans were crossing the Pyandzh River on the border when Tajik troops surprised them. After an exchange of gunfire, the Afghans abandoned the drugs and fled.
Tajikistan is a key trafficking route for drugs produced in Afghanistan and bound for Western markets.
(AFP)
Tajikistan is a key trafficking route for drugs produced in Afghanistan and bound for Western markets.
(AFP)