Tajkistan, Security

15:31, october 29, 2015

Two Tajiks belonging to Takfir wal-Hijra detained in Moscow oblast

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2015, Asia-Plus – Two Tajiks have been detained in Moscow oblast on suspicion of being involved in robberies.

11:20, october 29, 2015

Russian FSB head says Taliban siding with IS intensifies threat of their invasion of Central Asia

DUSHANBE, October 29, 2015, Asia-Plus – CIS security officials have met in Moscow to discuss interaction in revealing persons who took training in terrorist camps in Syria and Afghanistan.

15:33, october 28, 2015

CIS security officials meet in Moscow to discuss anti-terrorism measures

DUSHANBE, October 28, 2015, Asia-Plus – CIS security officials have met in Moscow to discuss interaction in revealing persons who took training in terrorist camps in Syria and Afghanistan.

10:16, october 28, 2015

Twenty districts and cities fulfill their autumn conscription targets

DUSHANBE, October 28, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Twenty districts and cities of Tajikistan have fulfilled their autumn conscription targets by October 28, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the

15:46, october 27, 2015

Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan reportedly agree to exchange disputable border areas

Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have decided to write finis to the issue of demarcation and delimitation of disputable areas of their common border.

11:04, october 27, 2015

IRP leader’s son accused of aiding and abetting mutineers

Ruhullo Tillozoda, the son of the Islamic Revival Party (IRP) leader Muhiddin Kabiri, is accused of aiding and abetting mutineers last month.

11:17, october 26, 2015

European Union supports nuclear security in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 26, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Modern systems to detect trafficking of nuclear and radioactive materials have reportedly been installed at Tajik borders.

15:12, october 22, 2015

People and well managed borders – together to security and sustainable development

DUSHANBE, October 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The assessment mission of BOMCA 9 Program has visited Dushanbe.

11:58, october 22, 2015

Alleged ISIL training camp for children in Istanbul proves to be school for refugees’ children?

Turkey’s newspaper Timeturk has issued an apology after mistakenly reporting that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) training sites for children were uncovered in basement apartments in

13:28, october 20, 2015

Turkish police raid ISIL camps in Istanbul in which Uzbek and Tajik children were trained

DUSHANBE, October 20, 2015, Asia-Plus - Turkish authorities have reportedly discovered the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) training camps for children in basements hidden

11:33, october 19, 2015

Fourteen districts and cities fulfill their autumn conscription targets DUSHANBE, October 19, 2015

DUSHANBE, October 19, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Fourteen districts and cities of Tajikistan have fulfilled their autumn conscription targets by October 19, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the

16:06, october 16, 2015

CIS leaders agree to jointly defend their bloc’s external borders in crisis

CIS leaders agree to create a joint task force to defend their bloc's external borders if a crisis arises.

10:54, october 16, 2015

16,700 crimes reported in Tajikistan in Jan-Sept 2015

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2015, Asia-Plus – Based on data from the Interior Ministry, the Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan says 16,700 crimes have been reported in Tajikistan

10:07, october 16, 2015

Putin backs Nazarbayev's idea to establish forum “Islam against Terrorism”

DUSHANBE, October 16, 2015, Asia-Plus – Russian media outlets reports Russian president backs his Kazakh counterpart’s initiative to pool the efforts of Muslim-populated countries in the struggle

09:53, october 16, 2015

Russia mulls re-establishing operations to guard Tajik-Afghan border

Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said yesterday that Russia could re-establish security operations to guard the Tajik-Afghan border.

17:10, october 15, 2015

Kazakh, Russian presidents worried about in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev said on October 15 he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin were very concerned over the situation in Tajikistan.

10:39, october 15, 2015

CSTO Security Councils discuss latest developments in the CSTO area of responsibility

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2015, Asia-Plus – A meeting of deputy secretaries of the Security Councils of member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), presided over by the CSTO

16:38, october 13, 2015

19 cases of exchange of gunfire reported along the Tajik-Afghan border in Jan-Sept this year

DUSHANBE, October 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – The first nine months of this year have seen 19 cases of exchange of gunfire between Tajik border guards and trespassers along the Tajik-Afghan border,

15:46, october 13, 2015

New frontier posts set up along the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon province

DUSHANBE, October 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – Two new frontier posts – Sari Pul and Kaflotoun – have been set up along the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon’s districts of Panj and Hamadoni, according to

10:32, october 13, 2015

Six districts and two cities fulfill their autumn conscription targets

DUSHANBE, October 13, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Six districts and two cities, including Ishkashim and Darvoz districts in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), Nosir Khusrav and Baljuvon

14:56, october 12, 2015

Afghanistan Reconnected: Advocacy and Outreach Mission to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The EastWest Institute (EWI) reports that with the support of the Embassy of Germany in Dushanbe it will bring a delegation of

14:45, october 12, 2015

Tajikistan reportedly reaches 51 percent of autumn conscription campaign target

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2015, Asia-Plus -- By October 12, Tajikistan has reached 51 percent of the autumn conscription campaign target, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of

11:38, october 12, 2015

Russian anti-terror forces thwart terror attack in Moscow

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Russian authorities say they have arrested a group of people planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Moscow.

16:58, october 9, 2015

Russian military instructors train more than 1,000 junior specialists for Tajik armed forces

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2015, Asia-Plus -- This year, instructors from Russian military base deployed in Tajikistan have reportedly trained more than 1,000 junior specialists for the Tajik armed

13:55, october 9, 2015

Militants from Central Asia reportedly hold positions of senior commanders in ISIL

A report about foreign terrorist fighters by the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee notes that senior commanders of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) include Chechens from

11:03, october 9, 2015

ISIL instructors training Russia-Born militants in Afghanistan

DUSHANBE, October 9, 2015, Asia-Plus – According to Russian media outlets, a top Russian diplomat said on October 8 that Russian is the working language in the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

10:28, october 9, 2015

The Muslim Brotherhood reportedly donates apartment to IRP deputy head

A letter by Tajik student of Al-Azhar University says the Muslim Brotherhood has donated an apartment in Cairo to Saidumar Husaini, first deputy head of the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRP).

14:48, october 8, 2015

Ayni airfield not leased to Russia, says Tajik defense ministry

Russia’s plan to deploy its attack helicopters at the Ayni airfield does not mean that it is leased to Russia.

13:58, october 8, 2015

U.S. CAPSTONE fellows visit Tajikistan on field study

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2015, Asia-Plus – From October 8, 2015 - From October 8 to October 12, 2015, the U.S.

10:25, october 8, 2015

Interior minister meets with activists of the “Avangard” group

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2015, Asia-Plus – Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda yesterday met here with activists of the “Avangard” group (Vanguard) that was set up in late August this year to combat