DUSHANBE: At least 10 Tajik troops have been killed in clashes with militants in a military operation that followed the murder of a top security official, a military source said Tuesday.
Over 20 troops had also been wounded in the clashes, which came after Tajikistan sent special forces into the eastern Badakhshan province following the murder of the top regional security official Abdullo Nazarov at the weekend, the source told AFP, asking not to be named.