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Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department of the Dushanbe Police Directorate have detained a 57-year-old Dilrabokhon Pirnazarova, a resident of Temourmalik district of Khatlon province, who had been wanted for 11 years, says the Dushanbe Police Directorate press center. "Pirnazarova is suspected of a large-scale fraud. asiaplustj.info »
“As a new school year begins in Afghanistan, it marks three years since the start of the ban on girls' secondary education. This decision continues to harm the future of millions of Afghan girls. asiaplustj.info »
Members of the Mazhilis (Kazakhstan’s lower house of parliament) have proposed amendments to the country’s Criminal Code introducing sanctions for bride kidnapping. The amendments are expected to be adopted soon, Fergana news agency reports , citing MP Murat Abenov. asiaplustj.info »
The Shirinsho Shotemur Tajik Agrarian University has inaugurated a newly renovated hydraulics and water management laboratory. The laboratory had been non-functional for over 30 years but is now equipped with state-of-the-art equipment meeting international standards. asiaplustj.info »
Dear readers, friends, colleagues, and everyone who once happened to pick up our newspaper (and stayed with us for years)! Today, Asia-Plus celebrates its 25th anniversary. A quarter of a century is no joke. asiaplustj.info »
A prosecutor in a the trial of eight political figures, who are charged with state treason and seeking to seize political power in the country by force, asked the Supreme Court on January 8 to sentence them to prison terms ranging from 20 to 30 years, two sources, who wanted to remain unnamed, told Asia-Plus Thursday morning. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon signed a decree declaring 2025-2030 the "Years of Digital Economy and Innovation Development." The Tajik president’s official website says the government has been instructed to develop and submit an action plan for implementing this initiative within a month. asiaplustj.info »
A Tajik citizen missing since 2003 has been reunited with his family thanks to the efforts of law enforcement agencies in Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, the Interior Ministry’s press center says . Fifty-two-year-old Tolib Begimqulov, a resident of Shurnova village, which is subordinate to the city of Panjakent in Sughd province, disappeared on his way to Russia. asiaplustj.info »
The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow has sentenced Alisher Ismatzoda, a coach of Moscow and Russia's youth freestyle wrestling team, to nine years in prison after finding him guilty of financing the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, TASS reports . asiaplustj.info »
Additional four years have been added to a jail term of Tajik mixed-martial-arts (MMA) fighter and blogger Chorshanbe Chorshanbiyev after he was found guilty of violation of penal colony’s internal regulations. asiaplustj.info »
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has promised to approve this month a Targeted Program to strengthen the Tajik-Afghan border, a proposal first introduced in 2013. Experts suggest that the program's goals are deliberately vague, indicating they may either be symbolic or allow for future changes. An old project with new, uncertain objectives? asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on October 17 that a court in Dushanbe has sentenced the leader of the opposition movement, Group 24, Suhrob Zafar, and his colleague Nasimjon Sharifov has been sentenced for “extremism” to 30 years and 20 years in prison, respectively. asiaplustj.info »
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said that trade exchanges between Iran and Tajikistan have more than doubled over the past three years. IRNA reports that speaking at a press conference upon returning from his two-day visit to Dushanbe, the Iranian speaker said on October 11 that he had had cultural and social discussions with top-ranking Tajik officials. asiaplustj.info »
This year, the First MicroFinance Bank celebrates its 20th anniversary. Over the years, the Bank has become a trusted partner for hundreds of thousands of Tajik citizens, helping them improve their quality of life. asiaplustj.info »
A court in the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has sentenced the wife of Tajik ISIS propagandist Parviz Saidrakhmonov, known as “Abu Dovud” to 11 years in prison. The decision regarding Madina Bondarenko was made in early August, radio “Ozodi” reports. asiaplustj.info »
In his speech on the Day of Knowledge, President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon once again drew attention to primary vocational education. The Government of the Republic of Tajikistan has set a goal to train about 1 million citizens of the country in various specialties by 2027. asiaplustj.info »
The prosecutor of the Shohmansur metropolitan district demanded 19 years in prison for each for two employees of the “Muhammad 2009” construction company. The brothers Nusratullo and Khokimjon Kurbonov are accused of fraud, falsification of documents and abuse of authority, Radio “Ozodi” reports. asiaplustj.info »
Russian President Vladimir Putin is on his first visit to North Korea in 24 years, with relations between the two countries growing closer since Moscow launched its so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine in February 2022. asiaplustj.info »
Inaugurating the 3rd Dushanbe Water Action Decade Conference “Water for Sustainable Development, 2018 – 2028”, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon noted on June 11 that modern risks and rising threats are becoming relatively fast and effective. asiaplustj.info »
A meeting of the National Council of Tajikistan, presided over by its head, President Emomali Rahmon, took place on June 10. asiaplustj.info »
Thousands of women in Tajikistan are faced with the choice of either choosing a career or wearing Islamic hijab. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , says Dushanbe authorities has been increasingly cracking down on the Islamic head scarf at schools and workplaces. asiaplustj.info »
At a meeting with representatives of science and education sectors that took place on May 30, President Emomali Rahmon outlined a significant list of accomplishments over 33 years of Tajikistan’s sovereignty. asiaplustj.info »
Marat Kushtybayev, a former chief of the police department of Taldykurgan City in the southeast of Kazakhstan, has been jailed for raping, KAzTAG news agency reported on April 30, citing the local court’s press service. asiaplustj.info »
Only twenty-eight acquittals passed in Tajikistan over the past five years DUSHANBE, April 29, 224, Asia-Plus – Over the past five years (2019-2023), courts in Tajikistan have delivered only 28 acquittals; twenty-four verdicts were completely acquittal and four others were partially acquittal. asiaplustj.info »
European Immunization Week in Tajikistan (22-27 April 2024) launches a year-long commemoration of the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), a global initiative launched in 1974 to expand the benefits of essential WHO-recommended vaccines to all. asiaplustj.info »
A court in Vahdat Township considers actions of a 23-year-old Shahboz Sharifbek falling under the Penal Code’s article related to criminal offences of extremism, though his relatives say he has just criticized the way of conscripting his brother into the army and the fact that his 83-year-old grandmother was beaten at the same time, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally asiaplustj.info »
The number of terrorist attacks committed by Tajik citizens in other countries has increased in recent years that damages the reputation of the country in the international arena, President Emomali Rahmon stated at a meeting with public and religious figures that took place on March 9. asiaplustj.info »
A resident of Khatlon province has got a jail term of 12 years committed in the country during the civil war (1992-1997). asiaplustj.info »
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MOHSPP) marks its achievements in responding and controlling the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 »
Uzbek media reports say a police officer in Tashkent has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping a 13-year-old girl. Kun.uz reports that the incident took place in July 2023, and a person serving as a prophylactic inspector in Tashkent’s Yashnabad district was arrested on suspicion of assaulting sexually a 13-year-old girl. asiaplustj.info »
The earliest-known camels dwelled in the territory of modern Tajikistan about 2. 5 million years ago. A camel scull discovered by a joint group of Russia and Tajik paleontologists in Tajikistan is 2. asiaplustj.info »
Ten years ago, on November 16, 2013, “Tajik Bride” by known Chinese painter Jin Shangyi has been sold at the China Guardian Autumn for 14 million U.S. dollars. asiaplustj.info »
The 18-year-old Komyob Faizullo, the son of the Rector of the Russian-Tajik Slavic University (RTSU) Mashrab Faizullo, has been convicted for role in a fatal traffic accident that killed the young gifted singer Nekrouz Niyozov. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Uzbek Service , known locally as Radio Ozodlik , reported on October 31 that a Tashkent court has sentenced Uzbekistani citizen Ildar Khairulin to five years in prison for allegedly participating in Russia’s war against Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Since Tajikistan’s independence, the United Nations has been its closest partner on the road to achieving sustainable development. As an independent state, Tajikistan joined the United Nations on March 2, 1992. asiaplustj.info »
Five years ago, the first visit of the President of Tajikistan to Uzbekistan took place after a 20-year break. Following the high-level talks, Emomali Rahmon and Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed a strategic partnership agreement, and relations between the two countries began to improve. asiaplustj.info »
The Prosecutor-General’s Office of the Russian Federation has granted Tajikistan's request for extradition of Yusuf Salikhov, who is accused of mass murder that was committed in the Tajik southern city of Sarband (current Levakant in Khatlon province) in October 1992. asiaplustj.info »
The rape and murder of an 8-year-old Katya Dmitriyeva of 28 years ago were solved last year, says the Tajik Interior Ministry’s TV report “Payki Sughd”. The crime was reportedly solved by Tajik police jointly with their Russian colleagues. asiaplustj.info »
Additional 10 years have been added to a jail term of known human rights lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov after he was found guilty of a large-scale fraud. A court of Vahdat Township sentenced Buzurgmehr Yorov to additional ten years in prison on July 10. asiaplustj.info »
Members of Russia’s lower house (State Duma) of parliament from the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPT) have worked out a bill providing for allotting lands to families being married for more than 10 years for housing free of charge. asiaplustj.info »
On June 20th, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) held an event commemorating the 30th anniversary of its work in Tajikistan; which also marked the World Refugee Day with the theme “Hope away from Home. A world where refugees are always included. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan’s 24.kg news agency reported on June 12 that a court in Bishkek’s Pervomaisky district has sentenced the fugitive president of Kyrgyzstan Kurmanbek Bakiyev to 30 years in prison. The fugitive president and other defendants in the criminal case were charged with corruption. asiaplustj.info »
Five years ago, on April 19, 2018, Tajikistan’s lower house (Majlisi Namoyandagon) of parliament (Majlisi Oli) endorsed a draft law on amendments to the country’s law on state finances. The amendments, in particular, provided for setting up the Fund of the Leader of Nation. asiaplustj.info »
Imam of a mosque in Kushonion district of Khatlon province has got a jail term for kicking the musicians out of his nephew’s wedding. asiaplustj.info »
A killer of a 5-year-old Tajik girl Huvaido Tillozoda in Moscow oblast has got a lengthy jail term. The Moscow Regional Court sentenced Alexander Syomin to 24 years in prison on March 15, Huvaido’s father Abdusalom Saidov told Asia-Plus by phone. asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say the Russian authorities plan to extend the work patent term for labor migrants up to three years Interfax notes that the Interior Ministry has agreed with the proposal of the Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs' Rights Boris Titov to extend the term of a work patent for labor migrants up to three years. asiaplustj.info »
A bill raising the age of conscription into Russia's army has been submitted for consideration to the State Duma (Russia’s lower chamber of parliament). Under the bill, the draft age will rise in 2026 to 21 years of age from the current 18 years of age. asiaplustj.info »
A resident of the northern city of Isfara, Sughd province, has been detained on suspicion of fraud committed nine years ago, according to the Interior Ministry’s official website. “Entering the trust in his fellow citizen, the suspect took 13,000 US dollars from him in February 2014, promising to help with the allocation of land for housing in the city. asiaplustj.info »
A notorious Islamic State (IS) terror group recruiter from Tajikistan, Parviz Saidrahmonov, who is also known as Abu Dovoud, was sentenced to 21 years in prison in November on terrorism charges in Dushanbe, Tajik Supreme Court officials told reporters in Dushanbe on February 16. asiaplustj.info »
