News Tajikistan: Tajikistan's Pressure On 'Informal Leaders' Of Gorno-Badakhshan Angers Locals In Restive Region
Tajikistan has increased pressure on influential figures in Gorno-Badakhshan, a volatile region that the central government has trouble exerting full control over. Three prominent natives were recently charged with inciting ethnic hatred in a move that sparked anger and suspicion among locals.
News Tajikistan: What's Behind The Tumult In Tajikistan's Restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region?
The latest deadly unrest in the Tajik region of Gorno-Badakhshan came after authorities rejected a list of protesters' demands, though problems in the remote area have a long history. Officials say ...
News Tajikistan: Sustained By The Syr Darya: How One River Keeps Tajik Farmers Afloat
RFE/RL photo correspondent Petr Trotsenko meets the Tajiks who depend on the Syr Darya River, a waterway that was once bled nearly dry under Soviet rule and is now under strain from power stations and agriculture.
News Tajikistan: Door-To-Door Campaign Targets Rising Radicalization In Tajikistan
The Tajik government has mobilized thousands of state workers to go door-to-door to lecture youth against the dangers of joining extremist groups. Dozens of Tajik nationals have been linked to terrorist attacks and plots in Russia, the United States, the European Union, and Iran this year.
News Tajikistan: 5 Tajik Men Deported From Russia Appear In Pretrial Detention In Tajikistan
The parents of five young Tajik men from the volatile Gorno-Badakhshan region (GBAO) told RFE/RL on July 1 that the sons had been arrested and are being held in a pretrial detention in GBAO's capital, Khorugh, on unspecified charges.
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan: A country in a hurry, making up for lost time
Tajikistan, once part of the Soviet Union, faces challenges from borders drawn by Moscow. The nation is now focused on building a modern future. President Emomali Rahmon's rule is visible everywhere. The capital, Dushanbe, is undergoing a construction boom. New monuments aim to erase Soviet influence. The country seeks to define its national identity after historical divisions.
News Tajikistan: CSTO to Supply Military Equipment to Tajikistan Amid Border Tensions with Afghanistan
Russia-led CSTO announces military equipment delivery to Tajikistan border forces following increased armed clashes and security ...
News Tajikistan: In Tajikistan: Making Health Care Work
The numbers are grim, especially on maternal and child health. Women and children in Tajikistan face higher rates of malnutrition than women and children in other Central Asian countries and the South ...
News Tajikistan: Though It Has No Coronavirus Cases (Officially), Tajikistan Is Behaving As If It's Fighting A Pandemic
Wearing rubber gloves and a homemade face mask, a middle-aged woman named Ziyoda sells herbs at a vegetable market on the outskirts of Khujand, the ancient Tajik city that is one of the oldest in ...
News Tajikistan: Pakistan to export $14.5million halal meat to Tajikistan
It did not, however, specify a timeline as to when Islamabad planned to export the halal meat items to the Central Asian nation.
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan in talks with Russia for joint patrols as tensions rise on Tajik-Afghan border
Tajikistan is exploring the possibility of Russian troop deployments to help secure its volatile border with Afghanistan, according to a report, citing three Tajik security sources on Tuesday ...
News Tajikistan: Empire of Borders
Tajikistan, and, of course, Guatemala. During international training operations, BORTAC (often as part of a larger Customs and Border Protection team) was doctor, diagnosis, and prescription. As one ...
News Tajikistan: Tajik Man Emerges In Afghanistan As Leader Of IS Unit Of Central Asian Fighters
A UN report claims a 31-year-old Tajik national leads a Central Asian unit of an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan and actively recruits Tajik fighters for the terrorist group. Tajik officials say the man has been on their radar “for some time.”
News Tajikistan: Number of petroleum products imported to Tajikistan disclosed
He emphasized that GazpromNeft Tajikistan, which is a subsidiary of Russian Gazprom, Seganj LLC and Agency on the State Materials Reserve under the Government of Tajikistan, occupy a dominant ...
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan Hands Over Dozens Of Convicts To Afghanistan
Tajik diplomats said in July that eight citizens of Tajikistan detained in Afghanistan were returned ... locally focused reporting. The government's continued vigor in controlling politics and media ...
News Tajikistan: New Project Aims to Help Improve Access to Electricity in Tajikistan’s Remote Regions
To ensure access to electricity for vulnerable communities in Tajikistanâs remotest regions along the western foothills of the Himalayas, the World Bankâs Board of Executive Directors approved financing for the Tajikistan Rural Electrification Project.
News Tajikistan: Intercontinental Cup: DPR Korea defeat Tajikistan 1-0
Read more about Intercontinental Cup: DPR Korea defeat Tajikistan 1-0 on Business Standard. In the fifth match of the ongoing Intercontinental Cup, DPR Korea defeated Tajikistan 1-0 here at EKA Arena on Monday.By the end of the full time, Ri Jin's goal in the 33rd minute was a solitary goal in the whole game.DPR Korea started finding space
News Tajikistan: Tajikistan says one killed in violence at Kyrgyzstan border
Border officials in ex-Soviet Tajikistan say a man was shot dead in violence along the contested border with Kyrgyzstan ahead of talks between the two Central Asian countries’ presidents. ...
