- Global Voices - https://globalvoices.org -

Tajikistan: Costly Conscription

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Tajikistan, Citizen Media, Youth

Blogger Teocrat writes [1] [ru] that the conscription of young men into the military in Tajikistan puts a heavy financial burden on the conscripts’ families and the state. He also suggests that the better educated and more religious conscripts reduce the incidence of bullying in the army.