Tajkistan, Security

16:11, may 2, 2015

U.S. funded border guards training center opens at Halqayar

DUSHANBE, May 3, 2015, Asia-Plus – On Thursday April 30, U.S.

15:06, april 30, 2015

38 Tajik cities and districts fulfill their spring conscription targets

DUSHANBE, April 30, 2015, Asia-Plus -- By April 30, Tajikistan has reached 93 percent of the spring conscription campaign target, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a spokesman for the Ministry of

09:58, april 30, 2015

Four residents of Khatlon’s Jomi district fight in Syria alongside ISIL militants

QURGHON TEPPA, April 30, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Four residents of Khatlon’s Jomi district reportedly fight n Syria alongside Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants.

15:56, april 29, 2015

Two residents of Hamadoni district detained with large amount of heroin

DUSHANBE, April 29, 2015, Asia-Plus – An operation carried out by police in Khatlon’s Hamadoni district on April 28 led to the arrest of two drug peddlers, the Interior Ministry’s website reports.

11:46, april 28, 2015

Armed clashes in Afghan Kunduz may spread to Tajikistan, says Tajik expert

DUSHANBE, April 28, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Escalation of the situation in Afghan Kunduz Province bordering Tajikistan began last with clashes between the government forces and Taliban militants, Tajik

10:48, april 27, 2015

National Guard conscription target reportedly reaches 95 percent

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The National Guard conscription target has reached 95 percent, an official source at the National Guard told Asia-Plus today.

09:46, april 27, 2015

Tajik woman describes how an IS militant invites her to join him in Syria

DUSHANBE, April 27, 2015, Asia-Plus – An article “How an IS Militant Wooed a Tajik Woman Online” by Joanna Paraszczuk posted on Radio Liberty’s website on April tells of Tajik IS (Islamic State)

10:08, april 24, 2015

Armed Russian national killed by police in Khatlon province while resisting arrest

DUSHANBE, April 24, 2015, Asia-Plus – Armed Russian national has been killed by Tajik police in Khatlon’s Panj district bordering Afghanistan while resisting arrest.

14:50, april 23, 2015

Five other Tajiks killed in Iraq fighting alongside ISIL militants

According to information posted on one of Odnoklassniki accounts, five other Tajiks have been killed in Iraq fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

14:24, april 23, 2015

GBAO regional administrators visit military unit in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, April 23, 2015, Asia-Plus – A delegation of regional administrators of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), led by GBAO governor Shodikhon Jamshed, has visited one of military

09:30, april 23, 2015

Tajik national detained in Russia for propagating Islamic extremism

DUSHANBE, April 23, 2015, Asia-Plus – Russian media outlets report Tajik national has been detained in northwest Russia on suspicion of propagating Islamic extremism.

15:00, april 22, 2015

Resident of Sughd jailed for propagation of Jamaat ut-Tabligh ideas

KHUJAND, April 22, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Resident of the northern province of Sughd has been jailed for propagation of ideas of Jamaat ut-Tabligh, a Sunni missionary group.

14:30, april 22, 2015

Rahmon convenes meeting with senior security officials to discuss border control issues

President Emomali Rahmon convened on April 22 a meeting in Dushanbe of senior police and security officials to discuss efforts to strengthen Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan and to combat

09:34, april 22, 2015

Tajik servicemen participate in a joint military exercise for SCO special force units

DUSHANBE, April 22, 2015, Asia-Plus – The special force platoon and the rapid reaction unit of the Ministry of Defense of Tajikistan are participating in a five-day joint military exercise for

15:02, april 21, 2015

Tajikistan and China intend to conduct joint anti-terror drill

DUSHANBE, April 21, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda on April 20 received a delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of China (MPS), led by Lu Shaou

11:31, april 21, 2015

Military parade dedicated to Victory Day will be held in Dushanbe on May 9

DUSHANBE, April 21, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A military parade dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Victory over Nazism will take place in Dushanbe on May 9.

17:02, april 16, 2015

Russia will continue strengthening its outpost in Tajikistan, says Russian defense minister

In a statement delivered at the 4th Moscow internationals security conference, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu noted on April 16 that Russia will continue strengthening its outpost – Russian

15:04, april 15, 2015

Resident of Shahritous detained for calling on young Tajik men to go to war in Syria

QURGHON TEPPA, April 15, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Resident of the Shahritous district in Khatlon province has been detained for calling on young Tajik men to go to war in Syria.

14:30, april 15, 2015

Sughd province reportedly reaches 63.3 % of its spring conscription campaign target

KHUJAND, April 15, 2015, Asia-Plus -- by April 15, Sughd province has reached 63.

10:47, april 15, 2015

Afghan national detained with large amount of drugs in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, April 15, 2015, Asia-Plus – An Afghan national has been detained with a large amount of drugs in the Darvoz district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

09:56, april 15, 2015

Tajik man told to 'kill everyone brutally' during training to join Islamic State

DUSHANBE, April 15, 2015, Asia-Plus – The 24-year-old resident of the Shahritous district in the southern province of Khatlon Parviz Nabiyev last month returned from Turkey, where he had taken the

09:31, april 15, 2015

Drug peddler from Tajikistan detained at the Novosibirsk airport

DUSHANBE, April 15, 2015, Asia-Plus – Tajik citizen, 49, has been detained at the Tolmachyovo Airport in the Russian city of Novosibirsk for drug trafficking, Siberian Customs Directorate (STU)

15:35, april 14, 2015

SCO Security Council Secretaries meet in Moscow to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, April 14, 2015, Asia-Plus - The program of military interaction between the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member states is on the agenda of a meeting of the SCO Security Council

15:14, april 14, 2015

Bordyuzha says NATO ignores proposals on cooperation with CSTO

DUSHANBE, April 14, 2015, Asia-Plus -- NATO and the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) face the same challenges and threats, CSTO Secretary-General Nikolai Bordyuzha told Russian news

14:14, april 13, 2015

Tajik paratroopers together with servicemen from Russia and Belarus land near North Pole

DUSHANBE, April 13, 2015, Asia-Plus – Russian media outlets report 85 Russian paratroopers together with 15 servicemen from Tajikistan and Belarus landed on a drifting ice floe near the North Pole

10:24, april 13, 2015

23rd anniversary of Tajikistan’s Internal Troops marked in Khujand

KHUJAND, April 13, 2015, Asia-Plus - The 23rd anniversary of the formation of the Internal Troops of Tajikistan was marked at the end of the last week at Interior Ministry military unit 3501

16:37, april 10, 2015

Helping Tajikistan, Russia defends itself, says Russian senior military official

DUSHANBE, April 10, 2015, Asia-Plus – Helping Tajikistan, Russia defends itself and other member nations of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) against terrorist threats, Russian

10:09, april 10, 2015

CSTO Military Committee meets in Tajikistan to discuss IS threat

KHUJAND, April 10, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A press conference on the results of a two-day meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Military Committee was held in the Tajik northern

16:03, april 9, 2015

A meeting on the Heroin Route project held in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 9, 2015, Asia-Plus -- A meeting on the project, Information Networks along the Heroin Route, took place in the Tajik Drug Control Agency (DCA)’s office in Dushanbe on April 8.

16:19, april 8, 2015

Tajikistan ratifies CIS information security agreement

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) today ratified an agreement on cooperation among the CIS nations on providing information