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Tajkistan, Security

09:36, january 5, 2017

SCNS breaks up transnational criminal group

The State Committee for National Security (SCNS) has broken up transnational criminal group and seized more than 71 kilograms of narcotic drugs, according to the SCNS public relations center.

12:01, december 30, 2016

Petersburg summit accelerates unraveling of CSTO

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14:23, december 26, 2016

The fourth 100 servicemen finish warrant officers’ training school in Dushanbe

The fourth 100 servicemen have finished the Warrant Officers’ Training School at the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan (MoD).

11:14, december 23, 2016

Over 904 kilograms of narcotic drugs seized at Tajik-Afghan border so far in 2016

This year has seen 27 engagements between Tajik border guards and armed drug smugglers along Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan.

15:34, december 21, 2016

More than 368 kilos of narcotic drugs burnt in DCA incinerator in Dushanbe on Wednesday

368.271 kilograms of narcotic drugs were burnt in a special narcotic-burning incinerator of the Drug Control Agency (DCA) in Dushanbe on December 21, according to the DCA press service.

14:34, december 21, 2016

CSTO leaders to meet in St. Petersburg to discuss ways to counter extremism and terrorism

A summit meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia on December 26.

15:35, december 20, 2016

Huge hashish haul seized in Dushanbe

Tajik counter narcotics agency reports a huge hashish haul has been seized in Dushanbe.

15:02, december 19, 2016

Twenty imam-khatibs jailed in Sughd province this year for membership in the Muslim Brotherhood

Twenty imam-khatibs have been jailed in the northern Sughd province this year for membership in the Muslim Brotherhood.

10:04, december 19, 2016

U.S. embassy conducts annual action officer working group with Tajikistan’s ministry of defense

U.S. Embassy Dushanbe concluded an annual three-day working group on security cooperation with Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defense on December 16.

11:21, december 16, 2016

Russian military base in Tajikistan to be reinforced with battalion of “Uragan” rocket system

The Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan will be reinforced with a battalion of the “Uragan” ("hurricane") self-propelled multiple rocket launcher system, according to

11:35, december 15, 2016

More than 100 young people from one village alone in northern Tajikistan fighting alongside ISIL

Chorqishloq, the village in the northern Sughd province, has gained the unwanted reputation of being a jihadist hotbed.

11:40, december 14, 2016

New commander of Russian military base in Tajikistan appointed

By Russian president’s decree Major-General Oleg Mityayev was appointed commander of the 201st Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan, replacing Colonel Denis Lyamin, according to the

15:49, december 12, 2016

Ten residents of Mehnatobod settlement in Sughd’s Zafarobod district reportedly join ISIL

Three brothers and their sister are wanted by Tajik police on suspicion of traveling to Syria to join Daesh (the Arabic language acronym for Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – ISIL)

13:56, december 9, 2016

Russian SU-25s deployed in Kyrgyzstan participate in a joint Russian-Tajik military exercise in Tajikistan

Russia SU-25s (ground attack aircraft) deployed in Kyrgyzstan have arrived at the Ayni airfield in Tajikistan for participation in a joint Russia-Tajik antiterrorism exercise, Russian media report.

14:18, december 7, 2016

Over 25 suspected extremists reportedly detained in Moscow and Moscow oblast

Russian media outlets report that a special large-scale operation carried out by security forces in Moscow and Moscow oblast on Wednesday has led to the arrest of than 25 suspected extremists and

15:10, december 2, 2016

Russia will supply Tajikistan only with new armament, says Tajik military official

All armament that Russia will supply to Tajikistan next year will be new, an official source at the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan told Asia-Plus in an interview.

10:57, december 1, 2016

Russia expected to supply Tajikistan with aviation equipment next year

Russia media outlets report that Russia is expected to begin large-scale supplies of aviation equipment to Tajikistan next year to ensure regional stability.

17:20, november 29, 2016

Tajikistan hosts tactical exercise, dubbed Shield 2016

A three-day tactical exercise, dubbed Shield 2016 , concluded in Tajikistan today, according to the press center of Russia’s Central Military District.

10:57, november 25, 2016

Interior ministry releases a new list of Tajiks fighting alongside ISIS militants in Syria

The Interior Ministry of Tajikistan has released a new list of Tajik nationals fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants in Syria.

16:05, november 23, 2016

Monitoring group reports sharp increase in landmine casualties

The number of casualties from landmines and similar explosives rose sharply last year to the highest level in a decade, the International Campaign To Ban Landmines (ICBL) said in a report released on

16:17, november 22, 2016

27 Jamaat Ansarullah recruiters arrested in Russia

27 people sharing ideas of the Jamaat Ansarullah terrorist organization and engaged in recruiting new members for illegal armed formations active in Afghanistan were detained in Russia’s Perm

10:13, november 22, 2016

BOMCA experts, border representatives discuss cooperation between border communities in CA

Technical Assistance Mission of Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA), funded by the European Union yesterday arrived in Dushanbe with the mission to support strengthening of the Local

14:23, november 21, 2016

Autumn conscription campaign concludes in Tajikistan

The autumn conscription campaign has concluded in Tajikistan by November 20, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD).

10:27, november 18, 2016

Tajikistan reportedly tops Central Asian countries in terms of vulnerability to terrorism

The Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2016, which was released by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) on November 16, notes that Tajikistan tops Central Asia’s nations in terms of

17:04, november 17, 2016

Defense ministry fences the Ayni airfield area

The work on fencing the Ayni airfield area is under way.

16:20, november 16, 2016

Tajik ISIS recruiter detained at St Petersburg airport

Tajikistan’s wanted ISIS jihadi recruiter Umar Mirzoyev has been detained by Russian law enforcement officers at the St Petersburg airport.

16:21, november 14, 2016

Beijing expected to build 10 frontier outposts along Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan

Tajik parliament is expected to ratify a government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and China on construction of a number of frontier posts along Tajikistan’s common border with

13:06, november 14, 2016

Kommersant claims that suspected terrorists prove to be ordinary criminals

Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that suspected terrorists who were detained last Saturday in Moscow and St. Petersburg proved to be ordinary criminal hiding form justice in their countries.

10:35, november 14, 2016

Tajik police were reportedly first t get information about plot to conduct terror attacks in Russia

Tajik Interior Ministry’s website reports Tajik police were first to get information about a plot to conduct a series of terror attacks in Russian large cities.

10:05, november 14, 2016

Russian security service reportedly wards off series of terrors attacks in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on November 12 it has detained 10 people with alleged links to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist group on suspicion of plotting