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The Committee for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense under the government, citing weather forecasters, warns of a dust storm. According to weather forecasters, on September 27-29, in a number of southern regions and regions of republican subordination, wind intensification with gusts of up to 17-22 m/s is predicted, the report says. asiaplustj.info »
The U.S. is negotiating with Uzbekistan and Tajikistan to trade nearly 50 military aircraft flown across the border as the Afghan government collapsed last summer for help hunting terrorists in Afghanistan, according to two people with knowledge of the talks. The fate of the U.S. asiaplustj.info »
In reaction to a remark by the Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), said on August 25 that Afghan soil is not a threat to any country, adding current leadership is paving the way for “political opponents” to return. asiaplustj.info »
Rajnath Singh, the Defense Minister of India, said in Tashkent on August 24 at the gathering of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)’s defense ministers that Afghanistan’s territory should not be used to “intimidate or attack” any other country. asiaplustj.info »
Over the past several days, at least nine Afghan nationals have been deported from Tajikistan, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on August 24. A reliable source reportedly told Radio Ozodi that deportation of Afghan refugees began at the end of last week. asiaplustj.info »
Even before Kabul fell to the Taliban a year ago, a large Afghan community had taken up residence in Vahdat Township in Tajikistan. Eurasianet says Tajik regulations were more relaxed back when they arrived in the late 2010s, when the Western-backed government was still in power. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement delivered at the international conference on Afghanistan in Tashkent, US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Mr. Thomas West, noted on July 26 that Washington is ready to discuss with Taliban the issue of unfreezing Afghan money, Afghanistan International TV says . asiaplustj.info »
Uzbekistan has urged the Afghan government led by the Taliban to sever all ties with terrorist organizations. The Uzbek capital of Tashkent is hosting a two-day international organization on Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said he was "saddened" by deadly earthquake in eastern Afghanistan and called for solidarity with the nation. "I was saddened to hear of the tragic loss of life caused by the earthquake which struck Afghanistan earlier today local time near the city of Khost," UN head said in a statement. asiaplustj.info »
The United States may let Tajikistan hold on to Afghan military aircraft, which were donated by the United States to the former government of Afghanistan and sought shelter in Tajikistan following the U. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say a 4-hour clash between Taliban militants and Tajik border guards took place in the night from Saturday to Sunday, May 15. Shooting reportedly took place at the border in the area of the Panji Poyon (Tajikistan) – Sherkhan Bandar (Afghanistan) border crossing point (BCP). asiaplustj.info »
The United States and Tajikistan have been discussing the fate of air force planes and helicopters flown to Tajikistan by fleeing pilots as the U. S. -backed government in Kabul collapsed in August last year. asiaplustj.info »
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, an Afghan politician, former mujahideen leader and drug trafficker, has stated that Tajikistan, by providing asylum to the Afghan opposition, has declared war against Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Multiple deadly bomb blasts rocked Afghanistan yesterday, and there were attacks on schools earlier this week. Afghanistan’s Khaama Press says Islamic State (IS) terror group has claimed responsibility for the explosions in four different Afghan cities that killed over 40 civilians and wounded more than eighty more. asiaplustj.info »
A group of Afghan refugees that arrived in Tajikistan amid Taliban fear found themselves forced to return to Afghanistan. They say their efforts to leave for a third country have not yielded results, and, according to them, it is very difficult to find good job and income in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Drug enforcement authorities in Tajikistan say the volume of illegal narcotics they interdicted in 2021 increased by almost 69 percent year-on-year, but instability in Afghanistan could provoke a worsening in the problem of drug-smuggling. asiaplustj.info »
The Afghan government led by the Taliban movement (under UN sanctions for terrorism) has called on university professors, who fled the country after the Taliban regained power last August, to come back to Afghanistan and help in rebuilding the country and contribute to scientific development, says an official statement released by Afghan national media on February 11, according to Sputnik . asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say February 11, 2022 is a deadline for the Biden administration to make a decision on US$7 billion held at the New Federal Reserve. The Islamic Emirate takeover of Afghanistan and the ensuing humanitarian crisis has kicked off an international debate about what to do with billions of dollars of frozen Afghan government assets held abroad, predominantly in the United States. asiaplustj.info »
The Financial Times ( FT )’s annual Women of the Year has long celebrated achievement and influence. asiaplustj.info »
Reuters says the United Nations on November 22 pushed for urgent action to prop up Afghanistan's banks, warning that a spike in people who are unable to repay loans as well as lower deposits and a cash liquidity crunch could cause the financial system to collapse within months. asiaplustj.info »
Around 3.2 million children are expected to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanistan by the end of this year, with 1 million of them at risk of dying as temperatures drop, Margaret Harris, a spokeswoman for the World Health Organization (WHO), said on November 12. asiaplustj.info »
An airplane carrying U.S.-trained Afghan pilots and other Afghan took off from an airport in Dushanbe yesterday, ending a nearly three-month detention ordeal that began when they escaped there in their aircraft during the Taliban takeover, Reuters says, citing Afghan sources. asiaplustj.info »
Asia-Plus Media Group has received a letter from a certain Ahmad Tahir, who said that he had previously headed a civil society organization in Afghanistan and been adviser to Afghan parliament commission on combating drug trafficking. asiaplustj.info »
Left behind after U.S. withdrawal, some former members of Afghanistan’s U.S.-trained intelligence service and elite military units have enlisted in the only force currently challenging the country’s new rulers: Islamic State (IS) terrorist group, according to The Wall Street Journal ( WSJ ). asiaplustj.info »
Citing Russian MFA spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Russian media reports say Russia urges all the ethno-political forces in Afghanistan to abandon militant rhetoric following the establishment of the Supreme Council of National Resistance of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan has provided a transit corridor for Afghan female politicians, according to Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Foreign Affair (MFA). asiaplustj.info »
Japan’s Foreign Ministry says the Government of Japan on October 26 decided to extend Emergency Grant Aid of 65 million U.S. dollars to Afghanistan and neighboring countries, where humanitarian needs are growing. asiaplustj.info »
Citing a U.S. Official, Reuters reported on October 22 that the United States hopes to soon relocate around 150 U.S.-trained Afghan Air Force pilots and other personnel detained in Tajikistan for more than two months after they flew there at the end of the Afghan war, 143 U.S. asiaplustj.info »
Anti-Taliban resistance leader Ahmad Massoud briefly visited Dushanbe for Afghan peace talks -- sponsored by Tajikistan and Pakistan -- but Taliban representatives failed to attend, Radio Liberty reported on October 13, citing sources close to the Tajik government. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon yesterday afternoon left Dushanbe for Brussels on a working visit, according to the Tajik president’s official website. Foreign minister, presidential adviser on foreign relations, director of the agency on the state material reserves and some other officials are accompanying Rahmon on this trip to the Kingdom of Belgium. asiaplustj.info »
The Afghan resistance forces are ready to hold talks with the Taliban (outlawed in Russia) and believe that Tajikistan would be a suitable platform for such a dialogue, the leader of the National Congress Party Abdul Latif Pedram, who supports the Afghan resistance, told TASS on October 6. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban militants have reportedly killed an Afghan man who tried to flee to neighboring Tajikistan and detained another man along the Afghan-Tajik border, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service reported yesterday. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan soldiers who fled to Tajikistan after the Taliban came to power are isolated from the outside world and are concerned about their future fate. One of the escaped pilots said this to Reuters, Fergana writes. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan wants to build friendly relations with Tajikistan, Taliban spokesman said. Abdul Ghani Baradar, acting deputy head of the Taliban-formed government of Afghanistan, said Tajikistan was interfering in the country's internal affairs, RIA Novosti reports. asiaplustj.info »
With the help of the European Union, the Tajik side will build a camp for Afghan refugees in the Khirmanjo area of the Shamsiddin Shokhin district (formerly Shuroabad), which closely borders on Afghan territory, writes radio "Ozodi". asiaplustj.info »
Protestants have plaques with slogans: "Death to the Taliban", "Death to Pakistan", "Freedom to Afghanistan", "Support Panjshir". About 200 Afghan citizens living in Tajikistan gathered at the Afghan Embassy in Dushanbe. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the president of the European Parliament, David Sassoli, on September 1 criticized EU members' failure to take in significant numbers of Afghans fleeing the country. asiaplustj.info »
Around 1,000 Afghan nationals have been offered temporary refuge in Tajikistan pending onward travel to a third country under a U.S.-organized relocation program. Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on August 28 that around 1,000 Afghan refugees have been accommodated in a tent camp near the airport in the southern city of Kulob. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Tajikistan, Zahir Aghbar, posted a message to his Facebook account on August 18 pledging allegiance to the de jure Afghan First Vice President Amrullah Saleh, who has said he is assuming the role of “legitimate caretaker president” following the flight of deposed President Ashraf Ghani from Kabul. asiaplustj.info »
The situation in Afghanistan can lead to an influx of refugees from this country to Tajikistan. As it turns out, Tajikistan is practically not ready to accept them. With the Taliban’s rise to power in Afghanistan, many residents of this country have been trying to flee seeking shelter in other countries. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has denied report that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew through Tajikistan to a third country as unfounded. “The plane with Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani onboard did not enter airspace of Tajikistan and did not land in the territory of the country,” says a statement released by the Tajik MFA today morning. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan has denied report that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew through Tajikistan to a third country as unfounded. “The plane with Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Ghani onboard did not enter airspace of Tajikistan and did not land in the territory of the country,” says a statement released by the Tajik MFa today morning. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani yesterday afternoon fled the country after Taliban militants entered Kabul and sought the surrender of the government. Media reports say senior officials confirmed his departure on Sunday as the Taliban made further, swift gains in and around the capital. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban militants on Sunday took over the Afghan capital and President Ashraf Ghani fled abroad, leaving the government in collapse, as a U.S.-led military operation began to airlift Western diplomats and civilians. asiaplustj.info »
Russia has provided 1.1 million U.S. dollars to Tajikistan for construction of a new outpost on the Tajik-Afghan border, a senior Russian diplomat said, amid worsening conflict in Afghanistan as U.S.-led troops withdraw after a 20-year intervention. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani returned to the capital yesterday after a flying visit to the besieged northern city of Mazar-e Sharif to rally forces loyal to the government, with Taliban fighters having now taken more than a quarter of the country's provincial capitals in less than a week. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani flew to the besieged northern city of Mazar-e Sharif Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, the Taliban militants have taken more than a quarter of the country's provincial capitals in less than a week. asiaplustj.info »
The Taliban offensive in Afghanistan is "gradually running out of steam" as the group lacks resources to take over major cities, Izvestiya quoted Alexander Bikantov, the Deputy Director of the Information and Press Department of the Russian MFA, as saying on August 5. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the Afghan army is planning a major counter-attack today to drive the Taliban out of Lashkargah, the capital of Helmand province, warning residents they must immediately flee their homes. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the head of the Customs Service under the Government of Tajikistan, Khurshed Karimzoda noted on July 30 that a two-way trade between Tajikistan Afghanistan and transit of goods to Tajikistan through Afghan territory have decreased dramatically due to events that have happened in northern provinces of Afghanistan over the past two months. asiaplustj.info »
