Why in the news?

• India has concluded its operations at Tajikistan’s Ayni airbase following the expiration of a bilateral arrangement nearly four years ago and withdraws its forces.

Tajikistan

• Location: Tajikistan is a landlocked country in Central Asia.
• Capital: Dushanbe
• Borders: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, and China.
• International Groupings – Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), SCO.