Eight members of an "illegal armed grouping" were killed on Wednesday in an anti-terror operation in east Tajikistan, the country's interior ministry said.
A Tajik officer was also killed during the operation in the eastern region of Gorno-Badakhshan, the ministry said in a statement.
Twenty-four people were meanwhile injured, including 13 troops who received serious injuries and 11 members of the illegal group.
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