Since 2002, the U.S. government has provided over $300 million in security-sector assistance to Tajikistan. U.S. taxpayers have also footed the bill to renovate or rebuild 12 border outposts, nine border checkpoint facilities, and three training centers for Tajik border guards to help combat security threats, the embassy disclosed.<ref>https://justthenews.com/government/security/biden-halts-us-border-wall-helps-former-soviet-republic-stop-afghan-refugees</ref> | Since 2002, the U.S. government has provided over $300 million in security-sector assistance to Tajikistan. U.S. taxpayers have also footed the bill to renovate or rebuild 12 border outposts, nine border checkpoint facilities, and three training centers for Tajik border guards to help combat security threats, the embassy disclosed.<ref>https://justthenews.com/government/security/biden-halts-us-border-wall-helps-former-soviet-republic-stop-afghan-refugees</ref> |