Two border guard posts open in Tajikistan

From left: Lt. Gen. Sherali Mirzo, Tajikistan's commander of border guards; Susan Elliott, U.S. ambassador to Tajikistan; and Khaled Masoud, the Middle East District's lead engineer for work in the Central Asian states, celebrate the opening of two new border guard facilities in Tajikistan during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Nov. 6. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Embassy Dushanbe)