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Magnitude 5.3 earthquake strikes Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region
An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 struck the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border region on Wednesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.The ... World News -
Heavy rains in Tajikistan leave 13 dead
At least 13 people were killed after heavy rains lashed central Tajikistan, the latest natural disaster to hit the mountainous Central Asia country, ... World News -
Tajik gunman who killed two at Moldova airport dies due to injuries
A Tajik man, who shot dead two people at Chisinau airport while being repatriated from Moldova under escort, has died from injuries sustained during ... World News -
Man accused of killing security officers in Moldova shootout dies of gunshot wounds
A man accused of killing two security officials in a shootout last week at Moldova’s main airport died of multiple gunshot wounds on Monday, as ... World News -
Tajikistan summons Russian envoy over police beating of Tajik students in Russia
Tajikistan has summoned Russia’s ambassador after police allegedly beat and interrogated more than 100 Tajik students at a university in Russia’s Far ... World News -
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador attends Nowruz celebration at Iran embassy in Tajikistan
Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Tajikistan has attended a celebration at Iran’s embassy in the Tajik capital to mark Nowruz – the Persian New Year – just ... Middle East -
Strong earthquake shakes Tajikistan, near border with China
An earthquake of about 6.8 magnitude shook eastern Tajikistan at 5:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday, Tajik authorities said, which was felt in China and ... World News -
Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan trade accusations of border destabilization
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan accused each other of stirring tensions on their shared border, raising fears of military escalation one month after deadly ... World News -
Peace with Tajikistan not possible for now: Kyrgyzstan’s defense ministry
Kyrgyzstan’s defense ministry said Wednesday that peace with Tajikistan was not possible under the current circumstances, a month after border clashes ... World News -
Kyrgyz leader asks for Putin’s help in border dispute
Kyrgyz president Sadyr Japarov has asked his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to help resolve a border dispute with Tajikistan, a month after ... World News -
Major Tajik bank halts use of Russia’s Mir cards
Tajikistan’s Dushanbe City Bank, a major issuer of bank cards in the Central Asian nation, will no longer support the use of Mir cards issued by Bank ... World News -
Kyrgyzstan’s president urges unity after Tajik border clashes
Kyrgyzstan’s president on Monday called on the people of the Central Asian country to unite following border clashes with neighboring Tajikistan that ... World News -
Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflict death toll rises to 81 as Russia urges de-escalation
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan said on Sunday the death toll from their border conflict had risen to 81 people, as a fragile ceasefire held between two ... World News -
Kyrgyzstan accuses Tajik forces of shelling airport
Kyrgyzstan’s border guard service accused Tajik forces of shelling an airport in the town of Batken and adjacent areas with rocket artillery on Friday ... World News -
Kyrgyzstan reports another round of shooting on border with Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan’s border force reported another round of shooting on its border with Tajikistan on Wednesday, Russian news agencies reported citing ... World News -
Syria’s Kurds repatriate nearly 150 ISIS-linked Tajiki women and children
Syria’s semi-autonomous Kurdish administration handed Tajikistan 146 women and children related to ISIS extremists, a Kurdish official said Monday, in ... Middle East -
Putin to make first foreign trip to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan since Ukraine invasion
Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet states in central Asia this week, Russian state television reported on Sunday, in what would be the ... World News -
Tajikistan says government opponent detained in restive east
A long-time rival of Tajikistan’s authoritarian regime was arrested in the ex-Soviet country’s troubled east, authorities said Saturday, as they push ... World News -
Germany sentences five Tajiks to jail over ISIS plots
A German court on Tuesday convicted five Tajik men for their membership of an ISIS cell that planned terrorist attacks in Germany and abroad.The men, ... World News -
Tajikistan detains 114 over clashes in troubled eastern region
Police in Tajikistan said Thursday over 100 people were arrested in a “counter-terror operation” after fatal clashes roiled an eastern region that the ... World News -
At least nine dead, 24 wounded in clashes in restive Tajikistan region
At least nine people were killed and two dozen wounded on Wednesday after clashes between security forces and “terrorists” in a restive region of ... World News -
Guards clash again on Kyrgyz-Tajik border, ceasefire falters
Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards exchanged fire on Thursday amid a standoff over a blocked road, in the latest clash between the former Soviet ... World News -
China to build outpost for Tajikistan special forces near Afghan border
China will finance the construction of an outpost for a special forces unit of Tajikistan’s police near the Tajik-Afghan border, the Central Asian ... World News -
Russia, Tajikistan troops hold joint drills near Afghanistan's border
Russian and Tajik troops conducted joint drills Friday near Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan, as part of efforts to prepare for possible security ... World News -
Russia says it will protect Tajikistan in event of any incursions from Afghanistan
Russia is ready to protect its ally Tajikistan in the event of any incursions from neighboring Afghanistan, a senior diplomat was quoted on Friday as ... World News -
Echoes, uncertainty as Afghan pilots await US help in Tajikistan
There are 143 Afghans detained at a sanatorium in a mountainous, rural area outside of the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, waiting and hoping for over a month for transfer by the United States. Middle East -
Tajikistan authorities say cannot host many refugees from Afghanistan
Tajikistan has warned that the ex-Soviet republic lacks the infrastructure to house many refugees from neighboring Afghanistan and blamed ... World News -
Around 500 Russian motorized troops in drills near Afghanistan, says report
Around 500 Russian motorized infantry troops are carrying out drills in the mountains of Tajikistan against the backdrop of instability in neighboring ... World News -
French President Macron discusses Afghan crisis with Tajik president
French President Emmanuel Macron discussed the crisis in Afghanistan with Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, and Macron will host Rakhmon at a meeting ... World News -
Tajikistan says it will not recognize Taliban Afghan govt unless it’s inclusive
Tajikistan will not recognize an Afghan government that is not inclusive and representative of all its ethnic groups, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon ... World News