State agencies of Turkmenistan are in contact with the Taliban on the protection of the state border with Afghanistan, - Foreign Ministry
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan reports that employees of the diplomatic service and other state bodies of the country maintain regular contacts with representatives of the Taliban movement on the protection of the state border, provision of customs, sanitary, phytosanitary and other types of control and supervision carried out when moving goods across the border. This is stated in the message of the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.
It is also noted that the checkpoints on the Turkmen-Afghan border «Imamnazar-Akina» and «Serhetabad-Turgundi» operate as usual, and in the manner established by both sides, they provide the passage of the required number of road trailers and railway cars.
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