Military branches Army, Air Force, Presidential National Guard, Security Forces (internaland border troops)

Military manpower - military age 18 years of age

Military manpower - availability
males age 15-49: 1,393,416 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - fit for military service
males : 1,143,159 (1997 est.)

Military manpower - reaching military age annually
males: 60,832 (1997 est.)

Military expenditures - dollar figure 180 billion rubles (1995); note - conversion of defense expendituresinto US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results

Military expenditures - percent of GDP 3.4% (1995)

Disputes - international boundary with China in dispute; territorial dispute with Kyrgyzstanon northern boundary in Isfara Valley area; foreign support to Islamic fightersbased in northern Afghanistan in Tajikistan's civil war

Illicit drugs limited illicit cultivation of cannabis and opium poppy, mostly fordomestic consumption; increasingly used as transshipment point for illicitdrugs from Southwest Asia to Russia and Western Europe

NOTE: The information regarding Tajikistan on this page is re-published from the 1997 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Tajikistan Military 1997 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Tajikistan Military 1997 should be addressed to the CIA.