DUSHANBE — Two popular Tajik bloggers known for their reports criticizing authorities have been arrested and placed in a detention center in

DUSHANBE — Commander of U.S. Central Command General Michael Kurilla visited Dushanbe, Tajikistan on June 15-16 to discuss bilateral security

DUSHANBE — Human Rights Watch (HRW) has demanded Tajik officials immediately release two independent bloggers arrested last week and drop "bogus

DUSHANBE — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on June 23 approved a $30 million IDA grant for the Tajikistan Strengthening Water and

DUSHANBE — The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a $45 million IDA grant for the Tajikistan Water Supply and Sanitation

DUSHANBE — The Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the joint Thrive Tajikistan:

DUSHANBE — On June 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Dushanbe on a working visit and held talks with the President of Tajikistan

DUSHANBE — The Delegation of the European Union in Tajikistan together with the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe held a handover ceremony to

DUSHANBE — More than 60 per cent of the nearly 900,000 residents of Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital and the country’s largest municipality, will

DUSHANBE — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Tajikistan to fully disclose information on the whereabouts of two detained

DUSHANBE — At least seven Tajik journalists and bloggers have been detained in recent weeks, with some facing up to 15 years in prison on dubious

BISHKEK — The presidents of the five Central Asian countries on July 20-21 took part in the Fourth Consultative Meeting of the Heads of States of

DUSHANBE — Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the arrests of four independent journalists in Tajikistan, accusing the government of

DUSHANBE — On August 1, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin met with a member of the State Council, Minister of

DUSHANBE — Relatives of two Tajik activists who have resided in Russia for years and are Russian citizens say they were forcibly taken to

DUSHANBE — Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Dushanbe on August 1 to

DUSHANBE — Another native of Tajikistan's restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) has reportedly gone missing in Moscow and may have forcibly been

KHORUGH, Tajikistan — A noted religious cleric in Tajikistan's restive Gorno-Badakhshan Region (GBAO) has been sentenced to five years in prison

KABUL — The Ministry of Defense of the Taliban-led Afghan government once again asked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to return the helicopters of the

DUSHANBE — U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan John Mark Pommersheim on August 10 welcomed participants of the U.S. Central Command-sponsored Regional