Tajikistan Travel News

Concerns about the spread of swine flu are creating an additional hurdle for Central Asian believers hoping to make the Hajj, or the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca.

Intrepid reporter Caroline Eden negotiates the 'Roof of the World' Tajikistan and the High Pamirs in Central Asia Tajikistan may not have reached the top of most people's 'must-see' destination lists quite yet, but this remote country is doing its best to attract tourists and to compete with its neighbours, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, both of which ...

XI'AN: Authorities in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, are hoping the ruins of a 1,300-year-old market will be inscribed in the UNESCO World Heritage List as a landmark along the ancient Silk Road.

One of the leaders in organizing these kinds of adventure cycling trips has always been Tour d'Afrique Ltd , the creative minds behind such epic rides as their namesake Tour d'Afrique and the Vuelta Sudamericana .

The U.S. administration will continue helping Afghanistan's neighbors reinforce their borders because it does not want NATO-led operations underway in Afghanistan to damage the security of these states, U.S. Central Command Chief Gen.

Date : Fri, 9 Oct 2009 20:03:47 +0500 NOT ALL PRESIDENTS IN ATTENDANCE AT CIS SUMMIT Tert.am 13:18 08.10.09 The presidents of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and probably of Uzbekistan are not going to attend the summit of ten Commonwealth of Independent States starting today and organized by the Moldovan acting president.

DOHA // Qatar is paying for the construction in Dushanbe, the capital of the central Asian state of Tajikistan, of what will be one of the largest mosques in the world.

Monday morning, as cold raindrops began to fall in Nederland, reservoir manager Jim Creek stood on top of the Barker Dam and made a joke to a group of water managers at his own expense.

The power lines strung above the dusty lanes of Alichur are nothing more than a painful reminder of simpler times.

The Obama administration released three detainees over the weekend ; one to Yemen, whom the administration identified, and two to Ireland, whom they did not.

DUSHANBE, 28 September 2009 - A nationwide campaign to immunize about 2.5 million Tajik children against measles and rubella was launched on 28 September.

My traveling companion Sergey nudged me as the aircraft began its slow descent from the Pamir Mountains to Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan.

It is easy for people imprisoned in a foreign land to be forgotten. They are of little interest to their government and even their relatives may find them too far away to visit.

NEW DELHI: Tajikistan-bound flights from India may soon have a stopover at Srinagar to ease the passage of Kashmiri pilgrims travelling to Tajik capital Dushanbe to visit the shrine of Mir Syed Ali Hamadani, the poet who brought Islam to Kashmir in the 14th century.

Dushanbe/ On Board, September 09: The visiting President of India Pratibha Patil participated as the chief guest at the 19th Independence Day celebrations of Tajikistan at Dushanbe on Tuesday.

THE MIGRANT EXPERIENCE: ABOARD THE 'EASTERN EXPRESS' Mumin Shakirov 9/05/09 A EurasiaNet Partner Post from RFE/RL With its clay houses, makeshift kiosks, and roads dotted with potholes, Katagan is a typical Tajik village.

Dushanbe: President Pratibha Patil arrived here on Sunday on the second leg of her two-nation tour of Russia and Tajikistan.

Originally reported by RFE/RL's Azerbaijani Service, The NYT and FT detail the investigation of votes cast in the Eurovision contest.

New Delhi, Sep 1 : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil will leave for Russia and Tajikistan on a seven-day official visit tomorrow, to deepen strategic ties and strengthen bilateral relations with the two countries.

By Iftikhar Gilani NEW DELHI: Indian President Pratibha Patil's forthcoming week-long visit to Russia and Central Asian country of Tajikistan has an important link with the Kashmir region.