Border Guard Service of Russia (Panj)
Tajikistan /
Khatlon /
Pyanj /
Panj
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military, border guard
The Border Service of Russia (Russian: Пограничная служба России), also called the Border Force of Russia (Пограничные войска России, Pogranichnyie Voiska Rossii) is a branch of Federal Security Service of Russia tasked with patrol of the Russian border. In English, the terms "Border Guards" and "Border Troops" are frequently used to designate this service. On Afghan-Tajik border on many occasions they were engaged in heavy fighting with drug-traffickers and Islamic extremists.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border_Guard_Service_of_Russia
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 37°13'41"N 69°5'55"E
- Farkhor Air Base 37 km
- Moskovsky border detachment 66 km
- 201st Russian military base 98 km
- (former?) Military town for Okno 123 km
- Fakhrobod Military Base 124 km
- 201st Russian military base 146 km
- Kakaydy Airport 148 km
- Ayni Air Force Base 150 km
- Pakhtakor Air Base 354 km
- Fergana Air Base 419 km
- Airport 3.3 km
- Border outpost 27 km
- Ai Khanoum 28 km
- Ruin 29 km
- Acropolis 29 km
- Tell 38 km
- Frontier outpost "Parkhar" 40 km
- Ruins of Saksanokhur 44 km
- Хлопкоочистительный завод 53 km
- Mount Khoja Mumin 73 km