DUSHANBE. October 19, 2022 /NIAT «Khovar»/. The borders of the Central Asian states need global protection from terrorism, Tajikistan’s Prosecutor General Yusuf Rahmon said on Tuesday at an international anti-terrorist conference in Dushanbe.

«The countries of Central Asia remain the most vulnerable to terrorists — especially Tajikistan, which shares a border with Afghanistan,» he said.

According to Rahmon, the most dangerous terrorist organizations known in the world is active on the Tajik-Afghan border.

He also warned that given the vastness and complex terrain of the area, terrorist infiltration into Tajikistan and other countries is becoming increasingly clear. Therefore, he believes, the decision to protect the borders of the Central Asian states requires joint international efforts.

Yusuf Rahmon also noted that nearly 250 wives and children of terrorists were able to return home over the past three years. In 2019, 84 children were returned, and in 2021 40 women and more than 100 children were returned to Tajikistan.

According to Yusuf Rahmon, most of the extremists’ wives ended up in the war zone against their will, and many of their children were born abroad. He said that despite the fact that the country has a program for the rehabilitation and integration of such citizens, some women do not want to give up their terrorist ideas.