Tajik clashes kill 12 troops, 30 militants

DUSHANBE: Twelve government troops and 30 militants have been killed in clashes in eastern Tajikistan in a military operation to reassert federal control over the region, the security service said Tuesday.

Some 40 militants, including eight Afghan citizens, have been arrested while 23 troops were also wounded in the clashes in the eastern Badakhshan province, the security service said in a statement read on state television. (AFP)