Tajikistan News

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.

Some Jewish organizations and residents are calling on Boulder to reject a request to make the West Bank town of Nablus the city's eighth sister city.

A government commission has agreed to establish a state corporation to turn locals away from drug smuggling by developing economic projects in Central Asia, said Viktor Ivanov, head of the Federal Drug Control Service.

When we last met, it was 12 months ago in Dushanbe, in Tajikistan. You were talking to me then about the New Silk Road and those kinds of initiatives that would help Afghanistan reintegrate into the region.

Once again, a clash is being reported on the imprecise Kyrgyz-Tajik border in the Ferghana Valley.

After going offline for about a week, the top Russian-language social network service Odnoklassniki has become available again to tens of thousands of users in Uzbekistan.

Russia's Foreign Ministry has sent a note to Tajikistan saying State Duma deputy Vladimir Zhirinovsky's remarks about Tajikistan and its president were personal views expressed during a talk show on television.

Not much time is left until 2014, when the withdrawal of NATO anti-terrorism coalition troops from Afghanistan is expected to take place; however, it still remains unknown what type of military contingent will remain in Afghanistan and Central Asia thereafter and which countries of the region will be selected by the West for this purpose.

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan will establish an agricultural industrial consortium, according to a decision made at a roundtable focusing on the development of regional cooperation in the sectors of agriculture and the processing of agricultural goods, held in the Tajik capital Dushanbe, Tazabek news agency reported with reference to the ... (more)

The world's largest flagpole in Dushanbe has been standing bare since its 350-kilogram flag was ripped to pieces by strong winds this month.