Tajikistan News News Tajikistan » People: Five people killed in firefight on Tajik-Afghan border, Tajikistan says
Five people have been killed in a firefight between border guards and intruders on Tajikistan's border with Afghanistan, the Tajik border protection agency says. Heavily armed raiders from Afghanistan ...
News Tajikistan » People: Tajikistan's hijab ban latest in decades-long religious freedom violations
Experts acknowledge the country’s long-standing security issues but say the state uses them as a pretext for imposing excessive rules to control the population.
News Tajikistan » People: Tajikistan Detains Several People In Connection With Deadly Moscow Attack
DUSHANBE -- Tajik authorities detained nine people this week in connection with the March 22 deadly attack on a concert hall near Moscow, local media reported on March 29, citing a security source.
News Tajikistan » People: Tajikistan: Dissent targeted at home and in exile in 2024
"In 2024, the Tajik government reinforced its crackdown on dissent, jailing public figures, journalists, and bloggers. It also sought the deportation or extradition from other countries of people ...
News Tajikistan » People: Tajikistan: EU States, Türkiye Should Not Return Dissidents
(Berlin, April 16, 2024) – Several people based in Lithuania, Poland, and Türkiye, linked to a banned Tajik opposition movement, Group 24, have in recent months disappeared or have been arrested and ...
News Tajikistan » People: UNHCR and Tajikistan agree on integration of refugees
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, April 2 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and the government of Tajikistan have agreed to strengthen their cooperation and open the door for the integration of some 1,000 Afghans ...
News Tajikistan » People: Tajikistan detains 9 people over Russian concert hall attack - source
DUSHANBE, March 29 (Reuters) - Tajikistan has detained nine people this week suspected of having links to a mass shooting at a Russian concert hall last Friday and also to the militant Islamist group ...
News Tajikistan » People: Belarus’ Belaya Rus, Tajikistan’s People’s Democratic Party sign cooperation agreement
MINSK, 10 June (BelTA) – The Belarusian party Belaya Rus and the People’s Democratic Party of Tajikistan signed a friendship and cooperation agreement in Dushanbe, BelTA has learned. A delegation of ...
News Tajikistan » People: Tajikistan detains 9 people over Russian concert shooting - source
DUSHANBE, March 29 (Reuters) - Tajikistan's State National Security Committee has detained nine people this week who it believes have links to the Russian concert hall shooting suspects as well as ...