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Experts from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Central Asia reported that the number of stateless individuals in the post-Soviet republics of this region has decreased sevenfold over the past decade. asiaplustj.info »
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on October 31 that an administrative court in Germany has ordered the deportation of Dilmurod Ergashev, an activist of the opposition movement Group 24. The ruling, issued on October 28, reportedly mandates that Ergashev be deported in early November. asiaplustj.info »
Cotton harvesting in Tajikistan is reportedly progressing too slowly and if this trend continues, production volumes may decline, negatively impacting the development of the textile industry and cottonseed oil production in the country. asiaplustj.info »
In mid-September this year, representatives from Central Asian countries met in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discuss strategies for improving school safety and resilience to natural disasters and climate risks. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik officials and analysts cite youthful naivety, poverty and lack of education as the main causes of radicalization. Tajik migrants traveling to Russia are much susceptible to radicalization. asiaplustj.info »
An article posted on CABAR.asia’s website notes that almost every third region of Kazakhstan has water deficit. And it is getting even worse: climate change and active economic activity of people lead to depletion of river resources. asiaplustj.info »
Alijon Salimzoda, Head of Amonatbonk (Tajikistan’s savings bank) told reporters in Dushanbe on August 2 that Amonatbonk’s loan portfolio has stood at 2. 4 billion somonis (more than 226 million US dollars) as of July 1, 2024. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have inched further forward to a final settlement to end decades of acrimonious disputes by agreeing on the delimitation of 94 percent of previously contested territory. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say Russia and Iran have successfully concluded negotiations on a comprehensive strategic partnership agreement, with a historic signing expected to occur in the near future. The finalization of the treaty reportedly follows extensive discussions between the legal and territorial experts from the Foreign Ministries of both countries. asiaplustj.info »
US media reports say the 20-year-old Thomas Mathew Crooks who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement’s attention at Saturday’s rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. asiaplustj.info »
Several sources told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , that former Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrohkhon Zarifi was arrested on unspecified charges last week. asiaplustj.info »
Russia has reportedly committed to accepting migrant workers from Afghanistan and providing them with work in certain regions of the country. Citing Afghanistan’s National Radio and Television, TASS reported that acting Minister of Labor and Social Relations of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Abdul Manan Omari, said this. asiaplustj.info »
Russian state-run news agency TASS reported today that at least eight countries, including Iran, yesterday announced national mourning for the Iranian president and foreign minister, who were killed in a helicopter crash on May 19. asiaplustj.info »
A report by Freedom Finance Global notes that in general, the Consumer Confidence Index in Tajikistan remained at the same level in April, increasing from 146 to 146.7 points. Released on May 16, 2024, Consumer Confidence in Central Asia says some sub-indexes showed a multidirectional movement compared to March. asiaplustj.info »
The Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan says that over the first three months of this year, gross agricultural product from all categories of farms has been little more than 3. 530. asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban's Foreign Minister, Amir Khan Muttaqi, has accused three neighboring countries of supporting ISIS (the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) attacks in Afghanistan and the surrounding region. asiaplustj.info »
The State Committee on Land Management and Geodesy of Tajikistan says the number of farming units has increased by 1,500 over the first quarter of the year, reaching 196,564. A total number of shareholders of the dehqon farms (midsized peasant farms that are legally and physically distinct from household plots). asiaplustj.info »
After the massive aerial strike launched by Iran on Israel directly from its soil, there are claims that Tehran also employed hypersonic missiles that allegedly hit all its designated targets, bypassing Israel’s cutting-edge air defense systems. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s Hasht-e Subh reported on April 11 that local sources in Takhar province report that Tajik border forces shot and killed at least seven Afghan citizens who illegally crossed the border to Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Ostorozhno Novosti Telegram-channel and Gazeta.ru , citing a document of the Moscow Department for Ethnic Policy and Inter-Regional Ties, report that the Moscow authorities have advised Muslims to offer Eid al-Fits prayer at home. asiaplustj.info »
Iran tipped off Russia about the possibility of a major "terrorist operation" on its soil ahead of the concert hall massacre near Moscow last month, three sources familiar with the matter said, Reuters said on April 1. asiaplustj.info »
Reuters reported on March 28 that the corporate exodus from Russia since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine has cost foreign companies more than 107 billion US dollars in writedowns and lost revenue. asiaplustj.info »
In 2023, Tajikistan’s exports amounted to 2.4488 billion US dollars, which is 14.3 percent more than in 2022, Director of the Export Development Agency under the Government of Tajikistan, Bahriddin Sirojiddinzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on February 9. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan may not recognize the Taliban government of neighboring Afghanistan, but the two countries are starting to cooperate better on trading electricity. Eurasianet says Energy and Water Resources Minister Daler Juma told reporters in Dushanbe on February 1 that Afghanistan had fully paid off its debts for power delivered to date. Kabul has since 2021 proven an unreliable customer. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has fired barrages of ballistic missiles at bases of terrorists in Syria, who were involved in recent attacks in Iran, as well as an Israeli espionage center in Iraq's Kurdistan region. asiaplustj.info »
During the period from January 10 to January 15, a meeting of the topographic working groups and the working group for legal issues of the Tajik-Kyrgyz commission for delimitation and demarcation of the disputed segments of common border took place in the Kyrgyz city of Batken. asiaplustj.info »
The Diplomat notes that over the last few months, several horrific cases of violence against women have broken onto headlines in Central Asia. In September, it was Asel Nogoibayeva, tortured by her ex-husband for hours in front of her 10-year-old son in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbek scientists have created an edible COVID-19 vaccine synthesized from the common tomato called TOMAVAC, the Frontiers research journal website says . According to the journal, the scientists inserted a fragment of the gene encoding the S1 antigenic protein of the coronavirus into special vectors and spliced it into the genome of tomato cells. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on January 10 that Taliban-linked media outlet Almirsad claimed that the second Kerman suicide bomber attacker was also Tajik. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on January 9 that Tajik militant Muhammad Sharifov (aka Mahdi Arsalon), who is wanted in Dushanbe on terrorism charges, disappeared in Afghanistan months ago. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty reported on s that Austrian police said on January 7 that a Tajik man being held in connection with an alleged terrorist plot targeting Cologne Cathedral remains in custody after two weeks as a result of a European arrest warrant issued by Austria. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on January 3 that the chairman of a farming unit in Dousti district, Khatlon province has been jailed for “cooperating” with Isloh TV , a website close to the government opposition. asiaplustj.info »
Majlisi Namoyandagon (Tajikistan’s lower chamber of parliament) Speaker Mahmadtoir Zokirzoda says President Emomali Rahmon has proposed to write off business entities’ tax arrears accumulated until 2018. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on December 22 the government of Tajikistan has recently transferred thousands of hectares of prime land to a private company. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik and Afghan power utility companies – Barqi Tojik and Da Afghanistan Breshna Sherkat (DABS) – have reportedly signed an agreement on purchase of Tajik electricity in 2024. asiaplustj.info »
German media reports said on December 23 that the Islamist terrorist cell had planned terrorist attacks in Germany and Austria. Several arrests were reportedly made. asiaplustj.info »
The Agency for Statistics under the President of Tajikistan, citing the Ministry of Finance (MoF), says the amended tax collection target for the first ten months of this year has been overfulfilled by 4. asiaplustj.info »
The Hacker News reported on December 1 that Chinese hackers have conducted attacks on governmental servers in Uzbekistan and against individual users in South Korea. asiaplustj.info »
Over the past three and half years (2020-2022 and the first half-year of 2023), prosecutors have reportedly issued 8,435 injunctions and 4,066 prosecutorial protests against local officials for violations of the procedure for allocating land plots, the Prosecutor-General’s Office says on its official website. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first ten months of this year, Tajikistan has earned about 106 million US dollars from exporting electricity to neighboring countries, which is 4. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported yesterday that Asliddin Sharipov, the brother of the director of an opposition online television station, has been held in a detention center in the Tajik northern city of Khujand weeks after he was extradited from Russia. asiaplustj.info »
CABAR.asia says this year’s cotton harvest in southern Tajikistan has reportedly far exceeded last year’s result. Although, in general, world cotton prices have increased slightly, farmers complain of significant losses. CABAR. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s government has been accused of using electricity as leverage against its political opponents after officials allegedly cut off power to the family homes of several opposition figures. asiaplustj.info »
Some Iranian media reports say Iranian Defense Minister, Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Gharaei Ashtiani, is paying a visit to Tajikistan on Tuesday. Tasnim News Agency reported on October 16 that heading a high-ranking delegation, General Ashtiani will depart for Tajikistan tomorrow. asiaplustj.info »
Iran's international textile exhibition kicked off in the capital Tehran on Sunday with the participation of textile companies from 11 countries and regions, IRNA reported on October 15. asiaplustj.info »
Oishamo Abdulloyeva, the mother of self-exiled opposition leader Sharofiddin Gadoyev, told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service on October 12 that Farkhor district authorities cut off electricity to her house a day earlier over her son's political activities in Europe. asiaplustj.info »
The Lefortovo Court of Moscow has arrested a national of Tajikistan for two months on the basis of request of the Federal Security Service (FSB), the Telegram-channel of the capital courts of general jurisdiction reports . asiaplustj.info »
TOLOnews reports that the Acting Minister of Education of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), Habibullah Agha, said at the ceremony celebrating International Teacher's Day on October 5 that the ministry is working to improve educational opportunities for students in the country. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on September 19 that Turkish media reports say a Turkish citizen who had resided in Tajikistan for 28 years was abducted by unknown individuals in Dushanbe on September 16 and forcibly taken to Turkiye, where he is wanted for alleged links with the Gulen movement that is banned in Turkiye. asiaplustj.info »
One more person, suspected of being involved in the abduction and murder of the first deputy head of Orienbank Shuhrat Ismatulloyev, has been detained in Turkiye and extradited to Tajikistan, the press center of the Prosecutor-General’s Office of Tajikistan reported. asiaplustj.info »
