Tajikistan

Importance of Tajikistan to India was felt after withdrawal USSR. Relations, Ties have been good as Indian diplomats visited Tajikistan.

In a subtle sense, it is also a message to China from Moscow, which is in full conformity with the presence of the Indian Air Force contingent in Farkhor. - With a grant of USD 0.6 million, an Information and Technology Centre (Bedil Centre) was commissioned in 2006. In recent months and years, visits of Indian senior diplomats, especially the Foreign Minister to Dushanbe, have become frequent. They knew that Russia had a military pact and was bound to support Tajikistan in case of incursion from an enemy from any side. By 2006 there were reports that the Indian government was considering the deployment of a squadron of Mig 29 at Farkhor airbase. In 2002, the news leaked that India was setting up an airbase at Farkhor in which Russian assistance was also involved. Ahmad Shah Masud was a great friend of India and had also studied in an Indiana educational institution. A big difficulty in establishing brisk relations was the absence of a direct overland route or air connectivity between the two capitals. Uzbekistan was already witnessing the rise of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a Salafi-jihadist militant group seeking to overthrow the Uzbek government and install an Islamic, Sharia-driven government. India has good relations with all the Central Asian Republics, and there is a regular exchange of visits and meetings on international fora. A somewhat clearer idea of its geography could be gleaned from the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi, who gives the region the name of Turan and juxtaposes it with Iran. Recently, there has been a clash between the border guards of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and some casualties have been reported.