{"id":15161,"date":"2026-01-18T21:34:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15161"},"modified":"2026-01-18T21:34:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T17:04:05","slug":"armed-infiltration-from-badakhshan-into-tajikistan-leaves-four-attackers-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/armed-infiltration-from-badakhshan-into-tajikistan-leaves-four-attackers-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed Infiltration from Badakhshan into Tajikistan Leaves Four Attackers Dead."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15165\" src=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badakhsh-tajikkes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badakhsh-tajikkes.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badakhsh-tajikkes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badakhsh-tajikkes-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badakhsh-tajikkes-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/badakhsh-tajikkes-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Armed Infiltration from Badakhshan into Tajikistan Leaves Four Attackers Dead.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Tajik media have reported that four members of a terrorist group who crossed into Tajikistan from the village of Darbandak in Khwahan district of Afghanistan\u2019s Badakhshan province were killed in a clash with Tajik border forces.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The incident occurred on Sunday, 18 January 2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>According to published information, the group\u2019s location was identified shortly after they entered Tajik territory, and border forces moved to arrest them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>However, the armed individuals ignored calls to surrender and opened fire, prompting an armed confrontation during which all four were killed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Tajik border authorities stated that a quantity of military equipment was seized at the scene of the clash.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Officials emphasized that border security remains fully under control and that any armed infiltration or hostile action will be met with legal force.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>The incident comes amid heightened tensions, following the earlier killing of two Tajik border guards in cross-border gunfire from Afghan territory.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed Infiltration from Badakhshan into Tajikistan Leaves Four Attackers Dead. Tajik media have reported that four members of a terrorist group who crossed into Tajikistan from the village of Darbandak in Khwahan district of Afghanistan\u2019s Badakhshan province were killed in a clash with Tajik border forces. The incident occurred on Sunday, 18 January 2026. According [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15165,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15161"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15161\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15169,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15161\/revisions\/15169"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}