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| | NCSJ - Tajikistan page |
 | | Tajikistan served as a staging area for the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan in 2001-02, and relations with the United States have subsequently improved. |
 | | U.S. Tajikistan is a landlocked country slightly smaller than Wisconsin, bordered by Afghanistan, China, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan; 96 percent of its area is covered by high mountains. |
 | | Tajikistan is a member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (formerly Shanghai Five), a regional group including Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, China, Russia, and Uzbekistan. |
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