Military Tajikistan
Military branches:
Army, Air Force and Air Defense Force, Presidential National Guard,
Security Forces (internal and border troops)
Military manpower - military age:
18 years of age (2003 est.)
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 1,704,457 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,397,188 (2003 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually:
males: 82,490 (2003 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$35.4 million (FY01)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
3.9% (FY01)
Transnational Issues Tajikistan
Disputes - international:
prolonged regional drought creates water-sharing difficulties for
Amu Darya river states; boundary agreements signed in 2002 cede
1,000 sq km of Pamir Mountain range to China in return for China
relinquishing claims to 28,000 sq km of Tajikistani lands;
negotiations with China resolved the longstanding boundary dispute;
talks have begun with Uzbekistan to demine and delimit border;
disputes in Isfara Valley delay completion of delimitation with
Kyrgyzstan