CSTO troops practice antiterrorist operation in Tajikistan.

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MOSCOW, April 26 (Itar-Tass) - The rapid deployment force of the
Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in the Central Asian region
on Monday entered the final phase of the Rubezh (Frontier) - 2010
exercise, including live firing practice. The maneuvers are being held at
the Tajik training center Chorukh-Dairon (300 kilometers south of
Dushanbe).
"The Central Asian rapid deployment force of four CSTO countries
(Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan) have began the active
phase of the maneuvers - an antiterrorist operation against terrorist
infiltrations. More than 1,000 servicemen, 150 pieces of military hardware
as well as planes and helicopters are taking part in the exercise," the
spokesman for Russia's Ground Forces told Itar-Tass.
According to the official, "the 1,500 various targets, to be destroyed
by artillery and air strikes, have been placed at the proving ground to
simulate a real combat situation," he said.
The head of the Tajik Defense Ministry's press center, Faridun
Makhmadaliyev, said earlier the exercise's aim was "to practice
interaction by the Central Asian rapid deployment forces in a joint
counter-terrorist operation against terrorist groups and detachments and
perfect antiterrorist activity in border regions."
The exercise began on April 22 and it it is due to end later on Monday.

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