Tajkistan, Security

13:57, september 22, 2014

Tajik interior ministry, China’s ministry of public security to conduct joint drill in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 22, 2014, Asia-Plus -- On Saturday September 20,Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimozoda met here with Vice-Minister of Public Security of China, Li Wei, who is also director

15:22, september 20, 2014

Tajik president says 200 Tajik jihadists fight in Iraq, Syria

DUSHANBE, September 20, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tajik President Emomali Rahmon says some 200 Tajik nationals have joined Islamist militants in Iraq and Syria.

14:35, september 19, 2014

Four years have passed since a convoy of Tajik troops was attacked in the Kamarob Gorge

Four years ago, on September 19, 2010, a convoy of Tajik government troops was attacked in the Kamarob Gorge

13:45, september 19, 2014

Russian police arrest alleged smugglers of Afghan heroin

DUSHANBE, September 19, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Russian police say they have seized more than 1,000 kilograms of Afghan-produced heroin and arrested more than 30 suspected drug traffickers in an

13:02, september 18, 2014

Afghan drug dealer killed in crossfire on the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon

DUSHANBE, September 18, 2014, Asia-Plus -- One Afghan drug dealer has been killed and two others have been wounded in crossfire on the Tajik-Afghan border in the southern Khatlon province.

11:34, september 17, 2014

Tojikstandart funds construction of new frontier post in Isfara

DUSHANBE, September 17, 2014, Asia-Plus -- At request of President Emomali Rahmon Tojikstandart (Agency for Standardization, Certification, Metrology and Trade Inspection) has funded construction

16:20, september 15, 2014

Russia imprisons three Tajiks from banned Islamic group

DUSHANBE, September 15, 2014, Asia-Plus -- A court in Russia''s Far East has convicted three Tajik nationals of membership in a "terrorist" group, radio Liberty reported on September 15.

13:58, september 15, 2014

Drug control officers reportedly seized large amount of raw opium in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 15, 20134, Asia-Plus -- Two residents of Dushanbe were arrested on September 14 on suspicion of having been involved in drug trafficking, according to the Drug Control Agency

15:52, september 12, 2014

Kyrgyzstan detains Tajik “jihadist” en route to Palestinian territories

DUSHANBE, September 12, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Authorities in Kyrgyzstan have detained a Tajik national they say intended to join militants in the Palestinian territories, Radio Liberty’s Kyrgyz

11:28, september 11, 2014

Tajikistan, Kazakhstan sign emergency prevention and response agreement

DUSHANBE, September 11, 2014, Asia-Plus -- A government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan on preventing and responding to emergency situations was signed in the Kazakh city of Almaty

10:34, september 11, 2014

Tajik, Iranian interior ministers welcome signing of security cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, September 11, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran have plans to increase cooperation in the field of combating drug trafficking.

10:43, september 10, 2014

Delegation of China’s MPS visits Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 10, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda yesterday received visiting delegation of the Ministry of Public Security of China (MPS), led by Vice-Minister

16:59, september 8, 2014

30 members of terrorist groups detained in Tajikistan in H1 2014, says Tajik interior minister

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2014, Asia-Plus -- In a report released at a session of the CIS Council of Interior Ministers in Cholpon-Ata, a resort town on the northern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul in

15:22, september 8, 2014

Tajikistan, Iran to cooperate against drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, September 8, 2014, Asia-Plus – Tajikistan and the Islamic Republic of Iran have plans to increase cooperation in the field of fighting drug trafficking.

16:03, september 7, 2014

Tajik, Iranian counternarcotics agencies discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, September 7, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Senior representatives of Tajik and Iranian counternarcotics agencies have met in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation issues. Mr.

16:50, september 4, 2014

OSCE conducts patrol leadership course for Afghan border police officers

DUSHANBE, September 4, 2014, Asia-Plus – Nineteen Afghan border police officers on September 4 completed a training course on patrolling and leadership organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan.

15:20, september 4, 2014

Tajikistan begins to build road from Isfara to Vorukh

Tajikistan has begun to build road from Isfara to its exclave inside Kyrgyzstan.

13:57, september 4, 2014

China expected to provide technical assistance to Tajik national army

DUSHANBE, September 4, Asia-Plus -- China is expected to provide technical assistance to Tajik national army.

13:10, september 4, 2014

Rahimzoda attends CIS interior ministers’ meeting in Kyrgyzstan

DUSHANBE, September 4, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda is participating in a session of the CIS Council of Interior Ministers that kicked off in Cholpon-Ata, a resort

10:30, september 2, 2014

Afghan national detained with large amount of narcotics in Gorno Badakhshan

DUSHANBE, September 2, 2014, Asia-Plus -- An Afghan national has been detained with a large amount of narcotics in the Shugnan district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO), according

14:13, august 30, 2014

OSCE trains Tajik law enforcement officers on detecting and identifying forged travel documents

DUSHANBE, August 30, 2014, Asia-Plus -- Twenty-two mid-rank and front-line officers, including four women, from Tajik law enforcement agencies working in travel documents management and security,

17:42, august 29, 2014

OSCE will provide Falsified Document Identification Devices to the New Dushanbe Airport Terminal

Over 20 law-enforcement and other agency employees of Tajikistan, working in the area of management and security of travel documents, on Friday completed a week-long OSCE training in Dushanbe on

10:28, august 29, 2014

Over 33 Thousand Bushes of Wild Cannabis Destroyed in Badakhshan and Soghd

At the end of August, special operative groups of the Badakhshan Section of the Drug Control Agency found wild cannabis in Buni village of Shirinjanov jamaat in Badakhshan’s Shoghnan

17:23, august 27, 2014

Two Russian Citizens Detained on Suspicion of a Dushanbe Resident Murder

Tajik police detained two Russian citizens, suspected of murdering a Tajik citizen.

10:28, august 27, 2014

Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry Declares about a Mortar Attack on its Border from Tajikistan

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kyrgyzstan, issued a statement about Monday’s incident on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.

13:24, august 26, 2014

25-Year Old Tajik Citizen Dies of Kyrgyz Border Guards’ Bullets

A 25-year old Babajan Ghafourov resident, Noumanjan Nabiev, dies of bullet wounds as a result of the incident on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.

11:50, august 26, 2014

Russian Interior Ministry’s press service, the transportation police identified a 30-year old Tajik

Fifty items, which based on external characteristics were similar to bullets, were found in his baggage. Based on the conducted examinations, the confiscated bullets are rim fire caliber 5.

10:24, august 26, 2014

Again Shooting on the Tajik-Kyrgyz Border, Civilians Wounded

Five Tajik citizens received firearm wounds.

10:05, august 26, 2014

Criminal Group, supplied Drugs into Russia, Eliminated

Eight members of a criminal group, which supplied drugs into the Russian Federation, are detained.

14:53, august 25, 2014

Hamadani Resident Arrested in Dushanbe with Large Quantities of Drugs

Dushanbe police arrested a 56-year old resident of Hamadani district in Khatlan province, Nazar Doustmuradov, on suspicion of involvement in drug trafficking.