A court in Tajikistan has sentenced 20 people to prison terms ranging from between five and seven years, after finding them guilty of membership in the banned Muslim Brotherhood movement.
New Asian transport corridor opens
A new transport corridor is now open to traffic in Central Asia. The route connects Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and the Kyrgyz Republic. Corridor Kyrgyzstan road Funding for a portion of the …
Tajikistan: With elections come repressions
With Tajikistan’s presidential elections looming, the authorities look set for a wave of arrests targeting figures linked to banned opposition forces, thereby perpetuating a custom of prefacing …
Earthquake on Afghan-Tajikistan border
Earthquake on Afghan-Tajikistan border Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 hit Afghanistan Tajikistan border. The region bear proximity to Jammu and Kashmir.
Tajikistan reopens schools with measures to prevent COVID-19
Schools reopened after about four months in Tajikistan. The government had closed schools as a precaution against the spread of COVID-19 in April. It says necessary measures are being taken to prevent …
Megafon Tajikistan sees data usage jump 150% since start of year
Operator Megafon Tajikistan deployed around 130 new base stations in January-July. More than 100 of the base stations support LTE while around 30 support …
Making the case for conserving Tajikistan’s fruit-and-nut forests
I was in the middle of my master’s program and was rapidly running out of time to find the perfect thesis research project. My ideas had ranged from the unrealistic—a canopy camera-trapping project in …
Border delimitation steps with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan were suspended due to Covid-19 – Kyrgyz president
BISHKEK. Aug 11 (Interfax) – The Covid-19 pandemic hindered efforts to delimit borders between Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistani, Kyrgyz President Sooronbai Jeenbekov said.
Wish I were there: off the beaten track in Tajikistan
I travelled to t On the drive south from the capital, Dushanbe, I stopped in a place called Bokhtar — an in-between-city, a pl …
Tajikistan Sets Date for Presidential Election
On August 6, a joint session of Tajikistan’s bicameral parliament — chaired by Rustam Emomali, son of the president — decided to hold the county’s next presidential election in October. Tajikistan’s …