Border Troops of the State Security Service (Uzbekistan)

The Frontier Service, officially called the Committee for State Border Protection of the National Security Service (Uzbek: Milliy xavfsizlik xizmatining Davlat chegaralarini qo'riqlash qo'mitasi) and commonly referred to as the National Border Guard,[1] is a department of the military and National Security Service[2] of Uzbekistan responsible for border security, part of the Security Service since 2005.

It recruits citizens between the ages of 18 and 60 who live in village near the national border, and can work on a voluntary basis.

The detachments aide in border surveillance and conducts night patrols.

[6] The Border Troops helped respond to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in Uzbekistan.

It received personal protective equipment by the EU-funded BOMCA Programme, which included 15 000 facemasks.