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DUSHANBE
\nAuthorities in Tajikistan has announced the deaths of five people during armed clashes on the border with Afghanistan.The Tajik news agency Khovar quoted the country\u2019s National Security Committee as saying in a statement Thursday that five people were killed, including two Tajik border guards, during clashes with an armed group in Khatlon province, which borders Afghanistan.
\nThe committee added in its statement that three members of a terrorist organization had illegally crossed the border and were killed during the clash with Tajik border guards.
\nTajikistan shares a mountainous border with Afghanistan that stretches for approximately 1,350 kilometers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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