Russian soldiers guard a blindfolded Tajik Gun smuggler next to a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Pyandzh, Tajikistan

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Russian soldiers guard a blindfolded Tajik man caught attempting to smuggle weapons from Afghanistan into Tajikistan next to a Russian Mi-8 helicopter after landing at a Commonwealth of Independent States Border patrol base in Pyandzh, Tajikistan. Photo by Chuck Nacke

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Size: 3770px × 5678px
Location: CIS border Patrol Base, Pyandzh, Tajikistan, Former Soviet Union
Photo credit: © Chuck Nacke / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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