Tajikistan News

Russian police force-march labor migrants, mostly from post-Soviet Central Asian republics, along Moscow city streets, seen in a still shot taken from a video shot in late May 2013.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has congratulated Hassan Rohani over his victory in Iran's June 14 presidential election, Press TV reported.

Police in Tajikistan have found two underground madrasahs near Dushanbe The country's Interior Ministry announced on June 17 that the Islamic religious schools had been discovered in the capital after investigators interrogated the alleged kidnapper of a 5-year-old boy last week.

Dushanbe, Tajikistan - "I like this atmosphere," said Muzafar, a twentysomething volunteer at the American Corner, an outreach programme of the US Embassy, as we walked along a boulevard in the Tajikistan capital city of Dushanbe.

Water was the hot topic as the leaders of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan met in the Uzbek capital, Tashkent, on June 14. Kazakhstan's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev, struck a conciliatory note over access to Central Asian water resources, a subject which Uzbek leader Islam Karimov last year warned could lead to war.

Each mosque in Tajikistan has its own board of 20 people who has to discuss the situation and, if necessary, choose a new imam.

Tajikistan piles on China debt By Anvar Sattori Tajikistan's President Emomalii Rahmon paid a state visit to China on May 19-20, where he had talks with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, and with several heads of Chinese state corporations.

India will give two military transportation helicopters to Tajikistan when its defense minister visits Dushanbe in July, Indian press is reporting.

New Delhi: India will soon provide medium-lift choppers to Tajikistan and dedicate a hospital there as part of efforts to build on the strategic ties between the two countries against the backdrop of US-led troops preparing to pull out from Afghanistan in 2014.

Former minister Zayd Saidov faces a range of charges a month after he launched a political party.

A campaign targeting opponents and critics of Tajikistan's government could be seen as a short-time move to eliminate any chance of a challenge in the November presidential election.

DUSHANBE, June 5, 2013, Asia-Plus - A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a rail link that will connect Turkmenistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan took place in Lebap velayat , Turkmenistan on June 5. Turkmen national news agency TDH reports the ceremony was attended by President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov of Turkmenistan, President Hamid ... (more)

The Dushanbe Teahouse, a longtime favorite with both locals and visitors, is a hand-sculpted, hand-painted marvel of a building, and was commissioned in 1987 by the mayor of Dushanbe as a show of friendship to the Tajik capital's U.S. sister city.

Eurasia Daily Monitor May 28 2013 Nine Potential `Karabakhs' in Central Asia Heating Up Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 10 Issue: 100 May 28, 2013 05:40 PM By: Paul Goble That the ethnic and political borders in Central Asia do not correspond is widely recognized; but the region's nine ethnic exclaves, territories within the borders of ... (more)

As NATO troops prepare to withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, Russia and the Central Asian states are trying to figure out how they can contain or at least mitigate the effects of ongoing conflict in their southern neighbour.

The agreement allows Russian military presence in three Tajik cities, namely, Dushanbe, Kulyab and Kurgan Tyube, collectively known as the 201st Military Base.

Astana , May 30: Russia has urged Tajikistan to ratify the agreement signed by them in 2012 which allows the existence of a Russian military base in Tajikistan.

Falak, as well as the classical music genre Shahsmakov, is actively supported by the state in the form of regular festivals, concerts, teaching in educational institutions.

Tajikistana s Lake Novak, not far from the capital city of Dushanbe, is a popular destination on weekends and holidays.

DUSHANBE : My mission to Central Asia covering Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan* and Uzbekistan*, follows the visits of the UN Secretary-General to Central Asia in 2010 and that of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan in 2012.