Tajikistan News

DUSHANBE. May 25 - Tajikistan's government has blocked access to video sharing website YouTube, where footage appeared last week showing scenes from the pompous wedding of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's son, Tajik Internet providers told Interfax.

The earthquake that occurred in Uzbekistan on Saturday night at 3.18 caused casualties or damage, Ministry of Emergency Situations told Trend.

Fighters from the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra take up positions on the front line during a clash with Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo in December.

Hundreds of people were left dead or injured by the clashes that began in June 2010 between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks.

A Nowruz celebration in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Thursday, March 21, 2013. The holiday of Nowruz, or the Persian New Year, is observed on the first day of Spring.

Across the former Soviet Union, entrepreneurs may be skilled in the art of making money, but they soon find themselves out of their depth when it comes to the business of politics.

WAM DUSHANBE, 22 May, 2013 -- Obaid Humaid Al Tayer, Minister of State for Financial Affairs, is leading a UAE delegation to the 38th annual meeting of Board of Governors of the Islamic Development Bank in Tajikistan.

A leading Tajik opposition figure and businessman has been been ordered held in pretrial detention for up to two months.

A Tajik businessman and former industry minister who recently announced he would create a new opposition party has been detained at the Dushanbe airport upon return from a trip abroad.

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Azerbaijan strongly desires to further enhance its bilateral, economic and commercial ties with Pakistan.

Authorities in Tajikistan have opened two criminal cases against a former industry minister who recently announced he would create an opposition political party.

A proposal to ban marriage between first cousins in order to reduce the number of babies born with genetic disorders is proving unpopular in Tajikistan, where such matches are traditional.

Staff Report ISLAMABAD: Tajikistan has huge hydel power potential therefore Pakistan and Tajikistan could cooperate in this area to further enhance their bilateral relations.

French troops in Dushanbe who have been performing repair and maintenance on NATO aircraft on route to or from Afghanistan will leave Tajikistan by July 1. Tajik news agencies reported on May 7 that the French Defense Ministry had informed Tajik authorities of the imminent withdrawal.

Iran's best known exports are oil, pistachios, caviar, and carpets, but over the past decade the Islamic Republic has quietly become a major force in dam construction.

The small French air detachment in Dushanbe is leaving Tajikistan, as France carries out its withdrawal from Afghanistan.

It's been nearly two years since 26-year-old Tahmina Haidar found out she was infected with HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS.

Weekly flights are now offered on the route, which is the carrier's second to the country, as flydubai already operates thrice-weekly services to Bishkek.

Russian politicians and state-controlled media outlets have been taking lots of potshots at Tajikistan lately.

More than 30 retro Russian cars and motorcycles have driven through the streets in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, as part of a parade to celebrate capital city day.