Tajkistan, Security

16:24, october 24, 2016

Skirmish occurred along Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon Saturday night

Tajik border authorities say they have thwarted a group of armed trespassers attempting to illegally cross the Tajik-Afghan border in the area patrolled by the “Sipar” frontier post of

14:06, october 24, 2016

Tajik national fighting alongside Taliban militants in Afghanistan gets lengthy jail term

Tajik national who had been fighting alongside Taliban militants in northern Tajikistan has got a lengthy jail term.

13:44, october 24, 2016

Tajikistan sees Chinese servicemen off with flowers and presents

Tajikistan has seen Chinese servicemen off with flowers and presents.

16:57, october 19, 2016

A joint anti-terror drill for Tajik and Chinese servicemen starts in Gorno Badakhshan tomorrow

A joint four-day anti-terror drill for Tajik and Chinese servicemen is starting in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) tomorrow, according to the Ministry of Defense (MoD) of Tajikistan.

17:00, october 12, 2016

Russian troops hold drill in mountains of Tajikistan

Servicemen of Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan have held an exercise in mountains of Tajikistan.

14:33, october 11, 2016

Tajikistan reportedly reaches 50 percent of autumn conscription campaign target

Over the first ten days of October, Tajikistan has reached 50 percent of the autumn conscription campaign target, Faridoun Mahmadalizoda, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense (MoD), said.

09:57, october 10, 2016

Tajik national arrested in Novosibirsk on suspicion of preparing to travel to Syria to join ISIS

A 51-year-old national of Tajikistan has been arrested in the Russian city of Novosibirsk for allegedly trying to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group.

16:26, october 6, 2016

Russian court extends pretrial detention of four Tajik jihadi recruiters until February 8, 2017

A court in Yekaterinburg’s Verkh-Isetsk district on October 6 issued an order extending pretrial detention of four Tajik jihadi recruiters until February 8, 2017, according to Russia’s

16:53, october 4, 2016

Tajik, Russian Security Council Secretaries meet in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation

Tajikistan Security Council Secretary Abdurahim Qahhorov has met here with his Russian counterpart Nikolai Patrushev, who arrived in Dushanbe on October 3 on a working visit.

16:03, october 4, 2016

SCNS: Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan under strict control of border troops

The State Committee for National Security (SCNS): says Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan is under strict control of border guards.

11:03, september 30, 2016

CSTO emergency management officials gather in Yerevan to discuss cooperation

The 9th session of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Coordinating Council for Emergency Situations took place in Armenian capital Yerevan on September 29.

11:12, september 29, 2016

Tajik Security Council Secretary, CSTO SG discuss threats emanating from Afghanistan

Tajik Security Council Secretary, Abdurahim Qahhorov, yesterday met here with Nikolai Bordyuzha, the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General, who arrived in Tajikistan for a

13:12, september 27, 2016

U.S. citizens advised to avoid travel to southeastern Turkey

The U.S. Consulate in Adana, Turkey, warned Americans on Monday that it had received specific and credible threats of potential terrorist activity targeting U.S.-branded hotels in Adana.

10:26, september 27, 2016

Tajik national recruiting labor migrants to join ISIS detained in South Ossetia

The South Ossetia authorities have extradited a Tajik national, who had been recruiting labor migrants to join the ISIS extremist group, to Russia for further extradition to Tajikistan.

09:49, september 27, 2016

Former Iraqi general not Tajik fugitive police commander appointed high-ranking ISIS military leader

Former Iraqi border guard officer Yasin al-Muadidi has been appointed a new high-raking military leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist group, according to Russia’s RIA

09:14, september 27, 2016

China plans to help Tajikistan protect its common border with Afghanistan

Tajikistan’s government said yesterday that China plans to finance and build several outposts for Tajik border guards along the Tajik-Afghan border, according to Reuters .

10:09, september 26, 2016

Challenges and threats ISIS poses to Central Asia discussed in Dushanbe

New challenges and threats Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group poses to the Central Asia region have been discussed in Dushanbe.

14:34, september 23, 2016

More than 300 kilos of narcotic drugs burnt in DCA incinerator in Dushanbe on Friday

300.04 kilograms of narcotic drugs were burnt in a special narcotic-burning incinerator of the Drug Control Agency (DCA) in Dushanbe on September 23, according to the DCA press service.

15:50, september 22, 2016

Tajikistan hopes that recovery of Afghan economy will put end to drug production in Afghanistan

A high-level international conference to define geostrategic challenges for the purpose of supporting development of legal economy in Afghanistan during the Transformation Decade is being held in

15:14, september 22, 2016

Two Liberian nationals detained in Dushanbe for large-scale fraud

Two nationals of the Republic of Liberia have been detained in Dushanbe for a large-scale fraud, according to the Interior Ministry’s website.

10:37, september 22, 2016

OSCE Office in Tajikistan holds roundtable discussion on landmine awareness

The OSCE Office in Tajikistan in partnership with the Tajikistan National Mine Action Center and local authorities organized a roundtable discussion on landmine threats awareness in Farob on

15:12, september 21, 2016

Deputy PM Azim Ibrohim appointed to head republican conscription commission

Deputy Prime Minister Azim Ibrohim has been appointed to head the republic commission for organization of the autumn conscription campaign.

14:09, september 21, 2016

Tajikistan, Afghanistan vow to boost counternarcotics cooperation

Tajikistan and Afghanistan have vowed to boost counternarcotics cooperation.

10:53, september 21, 2016

Young woman from Istaravshan detained on suspicion of killing two babies

A 23-year-old woman from the northern city of Istaravshan has been arrested on suspicion of killing two babies.

13:38, september 19, 2016

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, expected to resume border talks soon

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan are expected to continue border talks in the near future.

11:30, september 19, 2016

Interior minister inspects police departments in Rasht Valley

On September 17-18, Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda visited districts in the Rasht Valley (eastern Tajikistan) to inspect local police departments, according to the Interior Ministry’s

10:44, september 19, 2016

Bloodbath in Kamarob Gorge

Six years ago, on September 19, 2010, at 12:30 pm, a military convoy was ambushed in the Kamarob Gorge in Rasht district, some 250 kilometers of Dushanbe.

11:06, september 16, 2016

Tajik authorities reportedly prevented 8 terrorist acts tracing Internet correspondences

Tajik authorities are reportedly tracing Internet correspondences to prevent terrorist acts.

11:32, september 15, 2016

Three killed, four injured in Khatlon traffic accident

Three persons were killed and four others injured on September 14 as a car was swept by a rockfall over a 250-meter precipice in Khatlon’s Shohin district.

11:23, september 14, 2016

Situation in Afghanistan increases tension in Tajikistan, says Russian MFA official

The rise of Islamic State in Afghanistan poses serious security concerns for Russia, Moscow has said, adding that Washington bears responsibility for the current chaos in the country.