Modi to ask Tajikistan for access to Ayni airbase

India’s Prime Minister will make an attempt to persuade Tajikistan to allow the IAF to access Ayni airbase when he visits the country this week.



New Delhi spent $70 million to refurbish the base – lengthening the runway, building new hangars and a control tower – back in 2007. Objections from Russia scuttled a plan to deploy a squadron of Indian helicopters and to train Tajik pilots.

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