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Uzbekistan intends to introduce a system for crossing borders with Tajikistan and Kazakhstan using ID cards, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announced on November 20 while delivering a statement in the Legislative Chamber (Uzbekistan’s lower chamber of parliament), Gazeta.uz reports . 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 »
Iranian media reports say Iran has started building border wall across eastern borders. Tabnak reported yesterday that the initiative aims at preventing fuel and food smuggling and drugs trafficking, adding that it also seeks to counter illegal immigration. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media outlets report that Chairman of the State National Security Committee of Kyrgyzstan (GKNB), Kamchybek Tashiyev, said yesterday at a conference in Batken that the work on delimitation of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border will be completed in the near future. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian media reports say Iran has started building a concrete wall along its common border with Afghanistan. Iranwire.com reports that an initial stretch of over 10 kilometers has already been completed, and plans are in place for an additional 50 kilometers. asiaplustj.info »
In the period from 1 to 7 September, in accordance with the agreement reached, a regular meeting of topographic working groups and legal working groups of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on border issues was held in the city of Buston, Sughd region. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan's Foreign Minister Jeenbek Kulubayev announced at a news conference reviewing the results of the Ministry's work for the first half of 2024 that the negotiations on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border are nearing completion. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) have signed a protocol for negotiations on developing a feasibility study (FS) for the Jaloliddini-Balkhi – Panji Poyon railway project, says the press center of the Ministry of transport of Tajikistan. The document was inked in Dushanbe on July 30, 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 »
The Supreme Court has launched an internal investigation into the actions of the chairman of a court in Khatlon’s Shamsiddin-Shohin, Zohir Muminzoda, who is suspected of beating a border guard at the Darai Ob border checkpoint on July 8. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed hope that Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan will be able to resolve all border issues via peaceful means. AKIpress reports that during his talks with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov in the resort city of Cholpon-Ata on the shores of the Lake Issyk-Kul on July 2, Mr. Guterres called on Kyrgyzstan to be “a symbol of peace. asiaplustj.info »
An article entitled “Hundreds of Migrants from 'Hotbed of ISIS' cross US Southern Border” that was posted on GB News’ website on June 21 says hundreds of migrants from Tajikistan, “a country known as a hotbed of Islamic extremism,” have crossed the US-Mexico border since Joe Biden entered the White House. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of the Population of Tajikistan (MoHSPP) has placed strict control over water quality in the border areas of the Panj River and in districts of Khatlon province bordering Afghanistan. Mr. asiaplustj.info »
New York Post ( NYP ) reported on June 9 that according to a leaked memo obtained by NYP , border Patrol agents in California have been told to release migrants from over 100 countries into the United States, despite the Biden administration’s new border ‘crackdown’. asiaplustj.info »
On May 28, President Emomali Rahmon and Majlisi Milli (Tajikistan’s upper chamber of parliament) Speaker Rustam Emomali, who is also the Mayor of Dushanbe, attended a military parade held on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the formation of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan, according to the Tajik president’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
Citing the press center of the Main Border Guard Directorate at the State Committee for National Security (SCNS), Tajikistan’s state-run news agency Khovar reported on May 17 that control over the stay, entry and exit of citizens in the border area will be tightened. asiaplustj.info »
A Tajik national was reportedly wounded in an incident that took place on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border on May 7. As usual, Tajik and Kyrgyz authorities give controversial reports on border incidents. The Tajik state-run news agency Khovar , citing the country’s Border Guard Directorate, says the incident took place at 11:00 am local time. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyzstan Security Council Secretary Marat Imankulov proposes a land to exchange territory with Tajikistan to help resolve a long-standing border dispute. asiaplustj.info »
Meeting of the working groups of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on the implementation of Protocol No. 42 of September 25, 2022 took place in Guliston, the Tajik northern province of Sughd, on April 15, Tajikistan’s state-run news agency Khovar reported on April 19. 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 »
The risk of conflicts in Central Asian countries over resources such as territory and water is growing, a threat that the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is poised to neutralize, CSTO Secretary-General Imangali Tasmagambetov said in an interview with Igor Korotchenko, Editor-in-Chief of the Natsionalnaya Oborona ( National Defense ) magazine. asiaplustj.info »
Presided over by Tajikistan, a joint meeting of concerned ministries and agencies of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) member nations took place in Moscow on February 27 – March 1. The CSTO press center says one of the topics of the meeting was a draft target program to strengthen Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Daily Mail reported on February 29 that Republican Senator` Steve Daines is ominously warning about a growing network of terrorists entering the U.S. through the southern border that could be plotting an attack on American soil. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Minister of Transport Azim Ibrohim revealed on February 8 that rehabilitation of the Qala Khumb – Vanj – Rushan border section of the Dushanbe-Kulob-Khorog-Kulma Pass highway in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) will be completed by the end of this year. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, representative of the Drug Control Agency (DCA) under the President of Tajikistan, Muqbilsho Muyassar, revealed on February 5 that three police officers and one border guard officer have been detained on charges of being involved in drug trafficking, Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported on asiaplustj.info »
Citing the China Earthquake Networks Center, Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported today morning that a 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck along the China-Kyrgyzstan border. The quake reportedly hit Wushu County in Aksu prefecture shortly after 2:00 am local time and about 200 rescuers were dispatched to the epicenter. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakh media reports say the military court of the Almaty garrison sentenced Darkhan Dilmanov, former Director of the Border Service also former Deputy Chairman of the National Security Committee (NSC) of Kazakhstan, to four years in prison on December 25, 2023. asiaplustj.info »
The co-chairman of the Tajik-Kyrgyz commission for delimitation and demarcation of the disputed segments of the Tajik-Kyrgyz border – Head of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS) Saimumin Yatimov and his Kyrgyz counterpart Kamchybek Tashiyev -- met in Batken, Kyrgyzstan on December 12. asiaplustj.info »
The co-chairmen of the governmental delegations for delimitation and demarcation of the disputed segments of Tajikistan’s common border with Kyrgyzstan – Saimumin Yatimov (Tajikistan) and Kamchybek Tashiyev (Kyrgyzstan) – met in Batken, Kyrgyzstan on December 12. asiaplustj.info »
Issues of demarcation of the disputed stretches of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan are planned to be resolved by spring next year. AKIpress reports that Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov stated this yesterday at a meeting with residents of Batken region, commenting on delimitation and demarcation of the border with Tajikistan. "Live in peace. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have reportedly defined another little more than 24.01 kilometers of the mutual border. The topographical working groups on delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan met in the Tajik northern city of Buston, Sughd province from November 29 to December 5. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported yesterday that the chiefs of the security services of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have dropped fresh hints that a border demarcation deal may be coming into focus, raising the prospect of an end to decades of violence-prone unease between the two nations. asiaplustj.info »
Hundreds of trucks have been strained at the Ak-Tilek border crossing point (BPC) on the Kyrgyz-Kazakh border, Fergana news agency reported yesterday, citing the Border Service of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS). asiaplustj.info »
Officers from Uzbekistan’s State Security Service (SSS) have seized about 90 kilograms of narcotic drugs at the Uzbek-Tajik border Podrobno.uz reported on October 28. An operation carried out by officers of SSS’s office in Surkhandarya region jointly with border troops has resulted in the seizure of a large consignment of narcotic drugs, according to Podrobno.uz. asiaplustj.info »
“Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have reached an agreement on additional delimitation and demarcation of the mutual border,” a reliable source aware of the progress of work of the Tajik-Kyrgyz commission for delimitation and demarcation of the shared border told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon met with his Kyrgyz counterpart Sadyr Japarov on October 13 in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, on the margins of a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of State. asiaplustj.info »
In accordance with an agreement reached at a meeting of topographical groups and working groups on legal issues of the Tajik-Kyrgyz joint commission for delimitation and demarcation of the state border, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have defined another 43. asiaplustj.info »
Chaired by Tajik and Kyrgyz security services officers Saimumin Yatimov and Kamchybek Tashiyev, the next meeting of the government delegations of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on delimitation and demarcation of Tajikistan’s common border with Kyrgyzstan took place in the Kyrgyz city of Batken on October 2. asiaplustj.info »
On August 15, Emomali Rahmon opened the Kalai-Humb border outpost in the Darvaz district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region. "Construction work on the military facility began in February 2023, the building of the border outpost was built and put into operation in a short time in accordance with the requirements of the time," the presidential press service notes. asiaplustj.info »
Authorities in Kyrgyzstan’s southern region of Batken say the border with Tajikistan, shut down more than two years ago following a deadly standoff, can "gradually reopen" after delimitation and demarcation work between the two nations is fully accomplished. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon has introduced staff changes to the Main Border Guard Directorate functioning under the State Committee for National Security (SCNS). The Tajik president’s official website says that by president’s decree of August 7 Nasimjon Rajabzoda was relieved of his post of the First Deputy Commander of the Border Troops in connection with transfer to other job. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say a delegation from the Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs of Afghanistan has traveled to Uzbekistan and discussed border security issues with Uzbek authorities. asiaplustj.info »
Criminal proceedings have been instituted against two sergeants of a border guard unit deployed in Isfara district, Sughd province. They are charged with hazing. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan have agreed to not use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over their common border. Muzaffar Yunusov, a spokesman for Sughd governor, says Rajabboy Ahmadzoda, the governor of Tajikistan’s Sughd province, and Abdikarim Alimbayev, the governor of Kyrgyzstan’s Batken region met at the Guliston-Qizilbeli border crossing point (BCP) on May 24. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on April 28 that trouble appears to be brewing on Tajikistan’s common border with in the remote Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region, or GBAO, in southeastern Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Kyrgyz media reports say Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov has commented on the issue of delineation of the disputed stretches of Kyrgyzstan’s common border with Tajikistan. Thus, 24.kg reports that Japarov said in an interview with Kabar news agency that “there are developments, but the work is going too slowly. asiaplustj.info »
A groundbreaking ceremony for construction of a cross-border market at the Uzbek-Tajik border in Uzbekistan’s Fergana region took place on March 13. asiaplustj.info »
Officers of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in Khatlon province jointly with border guards have prevented an attempt by Afghan drug dealers to smuggle a large consignment of narcotic drug out of Afghanistan into Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
The Tajik capital is hosting another round of border talks between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik trucks have crossed the Chinese border for the first time after a three-year ban caused by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Ministry of Transport of Tajikistan (MoT)’s official website. asiaplustj.info »
