Tajikistan News Archives

A delegation from the UAE, led by Juma Al Majid, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Juma Al Majid Centre for Culture '&' Heritage, visited Tajikistan on 20-25 October.

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon's talks with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev near Moscow have produced no significant results, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, flew into Tajikistan Monday for top-level talks with the government in Dushanbe, US and Tajik officials said.

Russia plans to build three small hydropower plants in Tajikistan and hopes to obtain a controlling stake in the project, the Russian energy minister said Sunday, RIA Novosti reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 24 / Trend news V. Zhavoronkova /

None of the countries interested in Tajikistan, will assist Dushanbe as much as Russia, Russian expert on Central Asia, Leonid Gusev, said.

The flow of Afghan refugees to Tajikistan could grow, the United Nations refugee agency representative in the Central Asian country said on Friday, calling on Dushanbe to continue to help those in need.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 23 / Trend News E.Ostapenko /

Russia has probably found arguments to persuade Tajik President Emomali Rahmon of the importance of Russia's base in the Central Asian republics for its security, European expert on Russia's interests in the Central Asia Igor Torbakov believes.

Around 560 kilograms of drugs, including 140 kilograms of heroin, were destroyed on Friday by narcotics officers in Tajikistan, the deputy director of the country's Drug Control Agency said, RIA Novosti reported.

Friday, October 23, 2009 Islamabad The incident of firing on army jeep in which two army personnel were killed here on Thursday has been widely condemned.

Five months after mudslides completely destroyed her home in Uyali village in Tajikistan's southern district of Khuroson, Momogul Sharipova, in her 60s, moved to a brand new government-built house, but there is a major problem: it has no toilet.

In the latest research report published by Fraser Mackenzie, a renowned Canadian securities firm, Tethys Petroleum Limited was rated at "Strong Buy" with a target price of C$1.0. Mr Vic Vallance, the author of the research report and a leading Canadian energy analyst with over 20 years of experience in equity analysis in the oil and gas sector, ...

Four members of a militant Islamist group have been killed in a shootout with police in Tajikistan, an Interior Ministry spokesman said on Monday.

Iranian and Tajik officials have come to an agreement on building a cement production plant and a flour mill by Tehran for the central Asian country, head of a provincial trade office announced on Saturday, FNA reported.

A seminar "Mutually beneficial multilateral water agreements: opportunities to add value and share benefits in the energy, agriculture and water sectors in Central Asia through increased regional cooperation" will be held in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 19-21 October.

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Barbara Lawlor NEDERLAND Nederland is fast becoming an international hub for visitors from European countries.

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Oct. 10 / Trend News H.Hasanov /

Recently the suggestions of Tajikistan and the Central Asian region on the rational use of water and energy resources were the subject to misunderstandings and misperceptions, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said, during his two-day visit to Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Oct. 10 /Trend News, H.Hasanov/

Turkmenistan and Tajikistan have made every effort to jointly address the topical issues in Central Asia, in particular, the rational use of water and energy resources, supply of water, food, environmental and other aspects of security.

During Tajikistan's civil war in the 1990s, thousands sought refuge in Afghanistan.

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.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 7 /Trend News, T.Jafarov/

Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will take part in the events to be held in Baku on November 6-7 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board (CMB), Sheikhulislam Allahshukur Pashazade and his 30-year activity in this post, the CMB Deputy Chairman, Haji Sabir Hasanli told journalists.

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 presidents of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan will not take part in the CIS Chisinau summit on October 9, head of the Moldovan Foreign Affairs and European Integration protocol department Alexei Cracan told Itar-Tass on Tuesday.

Tajiktelecom corrects mistake concerning indication of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Armenia at its web-site

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 6 / Trend News V. Zhavoronkova /

Tajiktelecom has corrected its mistake concerning indication of Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Armenia at its web-site after interference of the Azerbaijani embassy to Tajikistan.

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

Flying in the former Soviet Union often induces fatalistic feelings and a hefty dose of fear.

Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan should compensate Tajikistan for water so that Dushanbe refrains from proceeding with hydropower projects on trans-boundary rivers, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has proposed.

Of Central Asian countries, Tajikistan is particularly vulnerable for attacks by Afghan militants: expert

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 2 / Trend News, V.Zhavoronkova /

Of the Central Asian countries, Tajikistan is particularly vulnerable for attacks by Afghan militants, said American expert on Central Asia Bruce Pannier.

Thousands of troops from Russia and four other ex-Soviet nations are staging exercises as part of a newly formed NATO-style rapid-reaction force, AP reported.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 2 / Trend News K.Zarbaliyeva /

Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Office (CMO), Sheik-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, will pay a visit to Tajikistan.

Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct. 2 / Trend News V.Zhavoronkova /

Moscow will hardly support energy projects in Tajikistan without the consent of Uzbekistan, Russian expert on the Central Asia, Arkadiy Dubnov, said.

Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, Oct. 1 /Trend News, H.Hasanov/

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov received the Tajik Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador Kozidavlat Koimdodov, completing his diplomatic mission to Turkmenistan.

Azerbaijan, Baku, October 1 / Trend News V. Zhavoronkova /

Deployment of military bases in Central Asia is either ground for trade, or "blackmail" in relations with other countries, Russian expert on Central Asia, Arkady Dubnov, said.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed an order to introduce changes to the order on composition of the Azerbaijani side in the Azerbaijani - Tajikistan intergovernmental commission on trade and economic cooperation between Azerbaijan and Tajikistan since Feb.7, 2008, the AzerTag state news agency reported.