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The Latest Breaking News from Tajikistan

Ancient 'unknown' script finally deciphered 70 years after first being discovered

Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called "Kushan script" by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian.

LiveScience

Tajik man who fatally shot 2 security officers at Moldova airport dies in hospital

Authorities say a Tajikistan citizen who fatally shot two security officers at the airport in Moldova’s capital last week has died from injuries he sustained when officers subdued him

The Independent UK

Tajik man who fatally shot 2 at Moldova airport is wanted in a kidnapping case in his native country

Authorities in Tajikistan say a Tajik man who fatally shot two security officers at Moldova’s main international airport is wanted in his native country in relation to the kidnapping of a local bank official

The Independent UK

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Tajik man fatally shoots two officers at a Moldova airport after he was denied entry, officials say

Authorities in Moldova say a Tajikistan national who was denied entry into the country at its main international airport grabbed a guard’s weapon and fatally shot two security officers

The Independent UK

With Guram Kutateladze out, Muhammad Naimov steps in to face Jamie Mullarkey at UFC on ESPN 45

Tajikistan has another fighter on the UFC roster.

USA Today Sports Media Group

How China is increasing its influence in central Asia as part of global plans to offer an alternative to the west

As G7 leaders were preparing for their recent summit in Japan, China’s president Xi Jinping hosted his central Asian counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.

The Conversation

CAFA under-20 Championship to be broadcast on SportsCast’s YouTube channel

The Central Asian Football Association under-20 Championship will see teams from Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Iran, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan take part in the competition

The Hindu

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Family who named son Putin in honour of Russian president regret it 10 years later

The Dzhurayev family moved to Russia from Tajikistan in the early 2010s and officially renamed their son when he was one-and-a-half years old to Rasul Putin

Daily Mirror

China’s Xi hosts Central Asia summit as Russian influence wanes

The leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are in Xian for a two-day meeting.

Al Jazeera

KSrelief Provides Aid Services to 300 People in Tajikistan

The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) distributed on Friday a variety of relief assistance items, including blankets, coal for heating, and water heaters in the Khatlon Province, Tajikistan. The aid went to 300 people from the neediest groups, within the project to provide humanitarian aid to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mexico finally sells unwanted presidential jet to Tajikistan

After almost 4 1/2 years of trying, Mexico's president says he has finally sold the unwanted presidential jet — to the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan

The Independent UK

Blinken Holds Talks with Central Asian Nations in Wake of Ukraine Anniversary

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Central Asia Tuesday to meet officials from all five former Soviet republics following the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Blinken's visit to the capitals of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan is his first to the region as the Biden administration's top diplomat.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

UFC Fight Night 220 post-event facts: Nurullo Aliev makes history for Tajikistan

Check out all the facts and figures from UFC Fight Night 220, which saw Nurullo Aliev put Tajikistan on the map of the UFC win column.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Remote Tajikistan region shaken by magnitude 6.8 earthquake

No casualties were immediately reported following the quake near Sarez Lake bordering China.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Magnitude 7.2 Earthquake Strikes Tajikistan

An earthquake of about 7.2 magnitude shook Tajikistan at 8:37 a.m.

Bangkok Post

6.8-magnitude quake rocks Tajikistan

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Tajikistan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.

Reuters

Strong earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China

An earthquake of about 6.8 magnitude shook eastern Tajikistan at 5:37 a.m. (0037 GMT) on Thursday, Tajik authorities said, which was felt in China and other neighbouring countries.

Reuters

Tajik avalanche death toll rises to 20

A series of avalanches has killed 10 more people in eastern Tajikistan, the Central Asian nation's government said on Thursday, bringing the death toll over the past two days to 20 and forcing hundreds of families from their homes.

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Avalanches kill 10 people in Tajikistan

Avalanches killed 10 people in Tajikistan's eastern Gorno-Badakhshan region on Wednesday, authorities said, after heavy snowfall in the area.

Reuters

Afghanistan's Massoud urges elections to create legitimate government

Only elections can lead Afghanistan out of political crisis, even if they legitimise Taliban rule, Afghan anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Massoud told a conference in Tajikistan on Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Arrests 26 Foreigners over Deadly Shiraz Attack

Iran has arrested 26 foreign nationals over their alleged involvement in a deadly attack claimed by ISIS on a shrine, the intelligence ministry said Monday. At least 13 people were killed on October 26 in an armed attack on the Shah Cheragh mausoleum in Shiraz, according to an official toll.…

Reuters

Kyrgyzstan asks Russia-led bloc to send peacekeepers to Tajik border

Kyrgyzstan has asked a Russia-led security bloc to deploy peacekeeping troops at its disputed border with Tajikistan to ensure a ceasefire holds between the two ex-Soviet Central Asian countries, a senior Kyrgyz official said on Wednesday.

Reuters

'We want respect': Putin's authority tested in Central Asia

Sensing that Russia has been weakened by its war in Ukraine, some of its closest allies in Central Asia are displaying a newly assertive streak.

Daily Mirror

Vladimir Putin left humiliated as he is forced to be kept waiting at diplomatic summit

Vladimir Putin was left waiting at the sixth Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), a summit in Astana, Kazakhstan

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi FM Holds Talks with Tajikistan’s President in Dushanbe

Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah held talks on Monday with President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon in Dushanbe. Discussions focused on bilateral relations between their countries and the latest international developments. Prince Faisal conveyed to Rahmon the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman…

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