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Drones sign of strong Iran-Tajik relations as Tehran looks east

Iran and Tajikistan are strengthening ties as they look warily at Afghanistan.

Al Jazeera

Egypt Supports Introducing Regional Early Warning Systems for Water, Climate

Egypt expressed its backing for the adoption of a plan to develop and apply a regional early warning systems over water and climate. The step aims at increasing the readiness of all regional countries to address “extreme phenomena,” such as torrential rains and droughts, and protect citizens from the impact…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tajikistan accuses Kyrgyzstan of provoking latest border clash

Tajikistan on Saturday accused neighboring Kyrgyzstan of provoking a border clash, the latest in a series of armed confrontations between the two small impoverished Central Asian nations.

Reuters

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3 ways Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is affecting the former Soviet region

The war in Ukraine is dividing the former Soviet region, making it poorer and less secure. Russia will take advantage of this.

The Conversation

Iranian, Tajik Presidents Discuss Afghanistan

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks in Tehran on Monday with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Discussions focused on the situation in neighboring Afghanistan. Raisi said both countries want stability and security in Afghanistan and throughout the region and consider the presence of terrorists in this country very worrying. The two…

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US Report Reveals New Details on Collapse of Afghan Forces

Many Afghan soldiers reportedly escaped to Pakistan as the Taliban attacks on districts and provincial capitals intensified weeks before the Afghan government’s collapse in August 2021, a US report revealed. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) released an interim report, “Collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security…

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Twenty-five ethnic Pamiris killed by security forces in Tajikistan protests

Escalating tensions erupt into regime-backed violence against the minority group in the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan

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Tajikistan starts 'anti-terror operation' near China, Afghan borders - RIA

Tajikistan has launched an "anti-terror operation" in its restive Gorno-Badakhshan province, which borders Afghanistan and China, Russia's RIA news agency cited the Tajik interior ministry as saying on Wednesday.

Reuters

Putin's manic body movements in official meeting questioned as health rumours deepen

Vladimir Putin continually moved hit feet during a meeting with the Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon in Moscow as fresh health questions were raised about the Russian leader

Daily Mirror

Riyadh, Dushanbe Eye Joint Investments in Industrial, Mining Sectors

Coordination is underway between officials in the Saudi Investment Ministry and the State Committee on Investment in Tajikistan for arranging meetings of the Saudi-Tajik joint committee and a business forum during the coming period, a Tajik diplomat revealed. Moreover, coordination is in full swing to hold the Saudi-Tajik Business Sector…

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Why trophy hunters in Tajikistan are unlikely saviours of the snow leopard

Revenue brought in by westerners hunting markhor, ibex and wild sheep is being used to conserve the elusive big cat and provide income for villages in the mountainous region

The Guardian - UK

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan agree to pull back some forces after border clashes -Interfax

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed to pull back some forces from their shared frontier after border guards from the two central Asian states exchanged fire twice on Tuesday, the latest in a series of clashes, Interfax news agency said.

Reuters

Former Xinjiang prisoner arrives in U.S. as key witness to abuses

Ovalbek Turdakun will provide evidence for a case submitted to the International Criminal Court.

Axios

Ukraine war: Is Central Asia loosening ties with Russia?

After Uzbekistan’s unexpected pro-Ukraine statement, analysts say traditional regional dynamics could be shifting.

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Egypt, Tajikistan Agree to Boost Cooperation, Combat Terrorism

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and the President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon agreed to enhance security cooperation, especially in fighting terrorism. This came during their meeting at the al-Ittihadiya Palace on Thursday. During the meeting, the two leaders discussed cooperation in training and technical support programs that Egypt provides to…

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Far from Putin’s Russia, Tajikistan’s people feel sanctions pain

Remittances to Central Asian republic have plunged in value amid sanctions intended to hit Russia over war in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

The Russia-Ukraine crisis is squeezing Central Asian economies

Tajikistan, the Kyrgyz Republic and Uzbekistan depend on migrant remittances from Russia.

The Guardian - UK

‘We want the truth’: families of ethnic Pamiris killed in Tajikistan call for justice as tensions rise

Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groups

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Tajik authorities say 2 people killed in Thursday border clash with Kyrgyzstan

Two people were killed and 10 more injured, including six servicemen, during the Thursday clash on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border, Tajikistan's State Committee for National Security said on Friday.

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Tajikistan Says Two Dead after Clashes with Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan said Friday that two of its citizens were killed and 10 injured during overnight clashes at its contested border with Kyrgyzstan, where a ceasefire is now in place. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan said they had reached a ceasefire early Friday following the latest lethal flare up at the pair's contested…

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Reports of casualties as guards clash at Kyrgyz-Tajik border

Four Kyrgyz servicemen reported wounded while Tajikistan said there were casualties among its civilians, border guards.

The Hindu

Focus on trade and connectivity as PM Modi set to host first India-Central Asia summit

PM to hold video conference with Presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

Inverse

At the “Roof of the World,” solar power is a necessary evil

Since the fall of the Soviet Union and Tajikistan’s subsequent independence in 1991, neither state-supplied electricity nor state water has reached Alichur, a town of 2,000 people that sits 13,000 feet above sea level in the Pamir Mountains.

Inverse

Why meditation may boost your immune system on a molecular level

In this edition of Inverse Daily, read stories about how meditation improves your immune system, how the Webb telescope might find us a new home, and more.

Inverse

76 degrees below zero: Living through Tajikistan’s climate apocalypse

Last winter, temperatures in Alichur, Tajikistan and the surrounding areas nosedived to minus 140 degrees Fahrenheit. “The snow was very deep, and nine feet of ice shielded the ground — impossible for animals to graze. Many died of cold or starvation.”

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