Tajkistan, Security

13:51, december 16, 2014

OSCE trains Tajik border law enforcement officials on project management

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2014, Asia-Plus – A one-week training course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on project management for law enforcement officials working on border security,

09:05, december 16, 2014

BCFOC expected to set up its regional operation group in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 16, 2014, Asia-Plus – An expert group on coordination of a draft agreement between the Government of Tajikistan and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on the conditions

14:25, december 14, 2014

Tajik president calls Islamic State group a modern ‘plague’

DUSHANBE, December 14, 2014, Asia-Plus -- The president of Tajikistan on Saturday called the Islamic State group a modern “plague“, expressing concern that several hundred young people had left the

13:20, december 12, 2014

European Union supports nuclear security in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, December 12, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Under the European Union (EU) Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) a multi annual project is funded to support Tajikistan to enhance its

11:03, december 11, 2014

MPS counterterrorism department chief visits Tajik interior ministry

DUSHANBE, December 11, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda yesterday received a delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of China (MPS) led by the MPS Counterterrorism

15:21, december 9, 2014

Sughd regional administrators take military and methodical training

DUSHANBE, December 9, 2014, Asia-Plus -- A three-day military and methodical training for regional administrators began at the Sughd garrison today.

15:18, december 7, 2014

Tajik defense ministry’s largest training center put in commission in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, December 7, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tajik defense ministry’s largest training center has reportedly been put in commission in the southern Khatlon province.

12:55, december 5, 2014

Tajikistan, China agree to conduct joint exercises for their special police units

DUSHANBE, December 5, 2014, Asia-Plus - Tajik Interior Ministry Ramazon Rahimzoda yesterday met here with Mr.

11:09, december 4, 2014

Dug control chief represents Tajikistan at the 57th session of the CND in Vienna

DUSHANBE, December 4, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Lieutenant-General Rustam Nazarzoda, Director of the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan (DCA), is attending the 57th session of the

17:09, december 3, 2014

Privacy International’s report shines light on total tapping in Central Asia

Western and Russian companies are reportedly helping Central Asian governments build and maintain vast surveillance networks that facilitate indiscriminate monitoring of all types of communication.

14:43, december 3, 2014

Interior minister urges to intensify work on confiscation of illegally possessed weapons in GBAO

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda today held a meeting in Khorog, the capital of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) to review the results of

14:21, december 3, 2014

Officers from SCNS’s office in GBAO seize large amount of drugs

DUSHANBE, December 3, 2014, Asia-Plus – An operation carried out by officers from the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office for the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) near

12:55, december 2, 2014

IRP is of a threat for modern society no less than Taliban or ISIL, says Tajik expert

Tajik expert believes that the Islamic Revival Party of Tajikistan (IRP) is of a threat for modern society no less than the Taliban or the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL.

15:29, december 1, 2014

Methodical drill for senior officers of the defense ministry to be conducted in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, December 1, 2014, Asia-Plus -- A three-day methodical drill for senior officers from the Ministry of Defense (MoD) will be launched in the southern Khatlon province on December 2,

14:17, december 1, 2014

Interior minister visits Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, December 1, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda today morning left for the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO).

12:40, november 30, 2014

Roudaki resident detained with a large amount of heroin in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 30, 2014, Asia-Plus – Resident of the Roudaki district has reportedly been detained with a large amount of heroin in Dushanbe.

14:49, november 28, 2014

Darvoz resident detained with large amount of hashish

DUSHANBE, November 28, 2014, Asia-Plus – An operation carried out by officers from the Interior Ministry’s office in the Darvoz district of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) on November

16:25, november 27, 2014

Drug control officers seize large amount of hashish in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2014, Asia-Plus – Officers from the Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan (DCA) have reportedly seized a large amount of hashish in Dushanbe.

15:18, november 27, 2014

Senior representatives of Tajik power-wielding structures discuss country’s border legislation

DUSHANBE, November 27, 2014, Asia-Plus - Heads of Tajikistan’s power-wielding structures and service branch commanders gathered at the Main Military Prosecutor’s Office in Dushanbe today to discuss

16:58, november 26, 2014

Kyrgyzstan seeks access to Soviet archives to resolve the rest of the border with Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2014, Asia-Plus – Kyrgyzstan hopes that documents of Soviet archives will help resolve the rest of its common border with Tajikistan.

10:47, november 26, 2014

CIS experts gather in Minsk to discuss border security issues

DUSHANBE, November 26, 2014, Asia-Plus – A session of an expert group to finalize and agree a draft resolution of the CIS Council of Heads of Government on formation of a group of border and other

10:06, november 25, 2014

Police officer arrested on suspicion of weapons trafficking

Police officer has reportedly been arrested on suspicion of weapons trafficking.

15:41, november 23, 2014

Tajik authorities say 300 Tajik jihadists fight alongside militants in Syria

DUSHANBE, November 23, 2014, Asia-Plus – Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reports that the deputy chairman of Tajikistan''s State Committee for National Security (SCNS), Akram Amonov, says some 300

14:14, november 21, 2014

Tajik, Chinese defense ministers discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, November 21, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Defense minister Sherali Mirzo held working talks with his China’s State Councilor and Minister of National Defense of China, in Beijing on November

13:53, november 21, 2014

Alleged activist of Tajik opposition organization Group 24 arrested in Bishkek

Alleged activist of Tajik opposition organization Group 24 has been arrested in Bishkek.

12:42, november 20, 2014

Woman from Qumsangir arrested on suspicion of child abduction

DUSHANBE, November 20, 2014, Asia-Plus – A young woman from the Qumsangir district in Khatlon province has been arrested on suspicion of child abduction.

14:01, november 17, 2014

Dushanbe resident detained with large amount of MDMA tablets

DUSHANBE, November 17, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Dushanbe resident Azam Saydaliyev, 28, was detained here with a large amount of MDMA tablets on November 16, according to the Interior Ministry’s official

15:43, november 13, 2014

38 residents of Sughd detained on suspicion of trying to take part in Syrian conflict

KHUJAND, November 13, 2014, Asia-Plus -- 38 residents of the northern Sughd province have been detained on suspicion of membership in banned parties and organizations and trying to take part in

15:19, november 12, 2014

Twelve alleged members of Jamaat Ansarullah detained in Sughd

KHUAJND, November 12, 2014, Asia-Plus - Twelve alleged members of the outlawed religious extremist group Jamaat Ansarullah have been detained in Sughd province.

11:38, november 12, 2014

CIS defense ministers meet in Moscow to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, November 12, 2014, Asia-Plus – Further expansion of mutually beneficial military cooperation was a major topic of the 67th session of the Council of Defense Ministers of the CIS member