Tajkistan, Security

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

16:05, april 8, 2015

Tajikistan ratifies security agreement signed between Tajik and Iranian interior ministries

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament ratified a government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Iran on cooperation for law

15:45, april 8, 2015

Challenges and threats in the CSTO area of responsibility discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus – Issues related to challenges and threats in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) area of responsibility (AoR) are a major topic of a two-day

14:49, april 8, 2015

One more Tajik national reportedly detained in Turkey for illegally crossing into Syria

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Twelve foreigners, including one Tajik national, have reportedly been detained in Turkey after allegedly trying to enter Syria illegally.

11:25, april 8, 2015

CIS aerospace defense concept discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus – Russian media outlets report that the CIS aerospace defense concept was discussed at a meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Air Defense under the CIS

11:07, april 8, 2015

Exercise for JADS to be conducted in Russia and Kazakhstan in September this year

DUSHANBE, April 8, 2015, Asia-Plus – An exercise for the Joint CIS Air Defense System (JADS) will be conducted in Russia and Kazakhstan in September this year.

16:37, april 7, 2015

CIS air defense coordinating committee holds meeting in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 7, 2015, Asia-Plus – In a statement delivered at a meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Air Defense under the CIS Council of Defense Ministers in Dushanbe, Tajik Defense

14:33, april 6, 2015

Three Afghan drug traffickers detained with nearly 58 kilos of drugs in Farkhor

DUSHANBE, April 6, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Three Afghan drug traffickers have reportedly been detained with a large amount of drugs in the Tajik southern province of Khatlon.

18:41, april 4, 2015

Mullo Abdullo’s confederate reportedly detained in the Nourobod district

DUSHANBE, April 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – The Tajik law enforcement authorities say one of former members of an organized criminal group led by Abdullo Rahimov, also known as Mullo Abdullo, has been

18:25, april 4, 2015

Two Tajik nationals reportedly detained in Turkey for illegally crossing into Syria

DUSHANBE, April 4, 2015, Asia-Plus – Turkish news agency Anadolu reports seven foreigners, including two Tajik nationals, have been detained in Turkey after allegedly trying to enter Syria

16:06, april 4, 2015

Overall strength of Russian base in Tajikistan will reach 9,000 servicemen by 2020

DUSHANBE, April 4, 2015, Asia-Plus /Haidar Shodiyev/ -- On April 2, representatives of the Working Group on Afghanistan under the Collective Security Treaty Organization