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A report released by the World Bank on October 30, 2023 notes that consumer prices continue to decrease in Afghanistan because of persistent economic weakness and reduced demand, prolonging the deflationary trend that began in April 2023. Half of all Afghans are reportedly living in poverty. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon participated in a summit of the UN Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA) that took place in Baku, Azerbaijan on November 24. asiaplustj.info »
Speaking at a joint meeting of high-ranking delegations of Iran and Tajikistan in Dushanbe, Iranian President Sayyid Ebrahim Raisi said yesterday that good steps have been taken over the past two years to help enhance cooperation in political, economic and cultural areas. asiaplustj.info »
The nightmare in Gaza is more than a humanitarian crisis. It is a crisis of humanity,” he said, speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters in New York on November 6. Mr. Guterres highlighted how “the unfolding catastrophe in Gaza makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour,” stressing that the protection of civilians is paramount. asiaplustj.info »
Despite the strong remittance inflows, Tajikistan’s external position deteriorated in Q1 2023, says a report released by the World Bank on October 5. “Sluggish Growth, Rising Risks: Europe and Central Asia Update, Fall 2023” says the current account recorded a deficit of 2. asiaplustj.info »
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he believes the HAMAS militant group must be eliminated but there should be a path to a Palestinian state, after top U.S. officials warned the war between Israel and Hamas could escalate. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement delivered at a meeting of the CIS Council of Heads of Security Agencies and Special Services in Azerbaijan’s capital, Baku, Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) Director Alexander Bortnikov stated on October 11 that the priority goal of terrorists is to seize power in Central Asia’s countries. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say another 6. 3 magnitude earthquake struck Afghanistan's western province of Herat today morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages. Authorities reportedly redeployed relief and rescue teams already in the field following a series of deadly quakes on Saturday. asiaplustj.info »
On September 29, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon took part and spoke at the first Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia and the Federal Republic of Germany in Berlin. The Tajik president’s official website says the heads of state discussed further areas of beneficial cooperation. asiaplustj.info »
Kazakhstan will definitely comply with sanctions on Russia, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said yesterday following talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to RBK . asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s position towards the Taliban interim government remains unchanged, Khairiddin Usmonzoda, Director of the Center for Strategic Studies under the President of Tajikistan told reporters in Dushanbe on August 4. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Deputy Minister of Education and Science, Ziyodullo Abdulzoda, revealed on August 1 that schools in Tajikistan are continuing to experience an acute shortage of teachers of chemistry, physics and mathematics. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan has increased wheat and flour imports over the first six months of this year, Muhammadsaid Faizullozoda, the head of the Food Safety Committee under the Government of Tajikistan, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 28. asiaplustj.info »
An Iranian writer and historian believes that people need culture for a salvation from current status quo of the world. asiaplustj.info »
President Vladimir Putin has held Kremlin talks with Wagner mercenary group founder Yevgeny Prigozhin and his commanders to discuss the armed mutiny Wagner attempted to mount against the army's top brass. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first three months of this year, Tajikistan has imported 20 tractors and 88 of other farm equipment from the Islamic Republic of Iran. This was noted at a meeting of Tajikistan’s Minister of Agriculture Qurbon Homidzoda with Iran’s Ambassador to Tajikistan Mohammad Taghi Saberi that took place here on July 4. asiaplustj.info »
TASS reports that as part of his official visit to Tajikistan, the top Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov on June 6 met with young diplomats, students, journalists and representatives of expert and scientific circles of Tajikistan at the Russian-Tajik (Slavic) University. asiaplustj.info »
Iran’s state-run news agency IRNA reported on April 29 that the interior minister of Iran has said that a proper response has been given to the Afghan border guards and that presently, there is no problem in the border crossing between the two countries. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Mikhail Galuzin, says some Central Asia’s nations are signaling that they could join Western sanctions imposed on the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
The results of the visit of President Emomali Rahmon once again confirmed a special character and great prospects for the cooperation between Kazakhstan and Tajikistan, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said, while making a joint statement for mass media with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, according to Kazinform . asiaplustj.info »
Russian media reports say the collective forces of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) could include combat aircraft. The CSTO Joint Staff Chief Anatoly Sidorov reportedly said this o April 28. asiaplustj.info »
Just The News reported on April 19 that according to defense and counterterrorism experts, al Qaeda and Islamic State’s Afghan branch, Wilayat Khorasan (IS-K), are flourishing in Afghanistan, again turning into a “safe haven” for terrorists who are increasingly posing a threat against the United States. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations is ready to take the “heartbreaking” decision to pull out of Afghanistan in May if it can’t persuade the Taliban to let local women work for the organization, The Associated Press ( AP ) reported on April 18, citing the head of the U.N. Development Program. U.N. asiaplustj.info »
Over the past three pandemic and postpandemic years, Tajikistan has been able to significantly reduce poverty rate, while in other member nations of the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB), the number of low-income families has increased significantly over this difficult period, says the Macroeconomic Review: April 2023 released by the EDB on April 10. asiaplustj.info »
The US military says a senior leader of the Islamic State (IS) terror group who was responsible for planning attacks in Europe has been killed in a strike in Syria. Press release issued by the US Central Command on April 4 says “U. asiaplustj.info »
In a statement delivered at the Boao Forum for Asia, Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) noted on March 30 that the global economy has been in choppy waters for quite some time, experiencing shock after shock after shock. asiaplustj.info »
Matiullah Wesa of the Pen Path NGO that travels across Afghanistan with a mobile school and library has been arrested in Kabul, says UN Mission in Afghanistan (UNMA). The United Nations says a prominent Afghan girls’ education activist has been arrested in Kabul and called on Taliban authorities to clarify the reason for his detention. asiaplustj.info »
The number of damaged houses caused by the March 23 earthquake that hit some regions of Tajikistan has now reached 367, the Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan said on Monday (March 27), citing the commissions working in the areas to assess damage caused by the quake. asiaplustj.info »
Iran has announced more than 100 arrests nationwide over the mystery poisonings of thousands of schoolgirls, charging that the unidentified alleged perpetrators may have links with "hostile" groups. asiaplustj.info »
Yandex go, the company which has been talked about in Tajikistan for months, said last week that it intends to enter the Tajik market. Its online travel booking service has reportedly operated in the country since February 15. asiaplustj.info »
Answering the question about a statement by a Russian top general that “extremist groups” had gained a “foothold” in Afghanistan, becoming “the biggest threat” to stability in the region, Tajik Interior Minister Ramazon Rahimzoda told reporters in Dushanbe yesterday that Tajikistan is ready to repel any threat. asiaplustj.info »
The Emergencies Committee under the Government of Tajikistan reports the death toll from Khorog avalanche has risen to eight. Ms. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the death toll from the Turkiye-Syria earthquakes has exceeded 41,000 so far. The disaster has ravaged cities in both countries, leaving many survivors homeless in near-freezing winter temperatures. asiaplustj.info »
The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) now will be able to send troops without authorization of the United Nations Security Council, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Livor said in an interview with RIA Novotel and Russia 24 TV Channel on February 2, noting that relevant amendments to the Organization’s Charter are already being prepared. asiaplustj.info »
An official with the Directorate for Social and Protection and Pensions in Panjakent City of Sughd Province, Asadjon Bahromoov, was found hanged in his apartment on January 11. Asadjon’s relatives say he committed suicide “after slander and repeated summons to the local anticorruption directorate for questioning. asiaplustj.info »
lenta.ru reported on January 18 that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated at a press conference that the West puts pressure on Central Asia’s nations and demands that they join sanctions against Moscow. asiaplustj.info »
Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the World Economic Forum in Davos via video link on Tuesday that Russia must be given the opportunity to one day rejoin the international system following any peace deal in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
A report released by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says CAREC countries can be split into several groups depending on their prevailing type of fuel and energy system background. Thus, countries with a high share of hydropower include Georgia, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Unnamed Pentagon officials have effectively threatened to strike the Kremlin with a “decapitation blow,” which could mean the physical removal of the Russian president. The top Russian diplomat Sergei Lavrov made this statement in an interview with TASS on December 27. asiaplustj.info »
The chairman of Tajikistan’s state-run think tank has said Tajikistan’s relations with Iran are based on mutual respect, IRNA reported on December 21. asiaplustj.info »
According to data from the Ministry of education and Science (MoES), Tajik-language schools lack 44 textbooks titled in editions of about 500,000 copies. And this despite the fact that more than 4 million textbooks have been published this year alone. asiaplustj.info »
Some media outlets reported yesterday that according to pro-reform outlet Entekhab , Iran’s Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said Thursday that Iran’s parliament and judiciary are reviewing the country’s mandatory hijab law. asiaplustj.info »
According to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), farming units in Tajikistan have produced 821,000 tons potatoes by November 18, which is reportedly 185,181 tons more than in the same period last year. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Kamchybek Tashiyev, who is also Head of Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee for National Security, has reportedly told live on social networks how the negotiation process with Tajikistan on delineation of the disputed segments of the mutual border is progressing. Kyrgyzstan’s 24. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s culture minister says the Central Asian country is intent on expanding cultural ties with Iran as she reiterates the need for holding increased number of cultural events between the two Persian-speaking nations, IRNA reported on November 14. asiaplustj.info »
Chief of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major-General Mohammad Hossein Bagheri said on November 9 that Iran is ready to peacefully resolve the border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. IRNA says Major-General Bagheri held phone talks with the Kyrgyz Defense Minister Lieutenant-General Baktybek Bekbolotov and discussed significant issues in the region on Wednesday. asiaplustj.info »
The 10th meeting of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the CIS member nations took place in Moscow on November 3. Media reports say the meeting participants discussed relevant matters of international and regional security, including the development of the situation in the post-Soviet space in light of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Opium cultivation in Afghanistan jumped 32% during 2022 despite the ruling Taliban regime's ban on narcotics, says an annual report released by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on November 1. asiaplustj.info »
On Thursday October 27, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon will visit the Kazakh capital, Astana, to attend the European Union – Central Asia, Abdufattoh Sharifzoda, a spokesman for Tajik president, told Asia-Plus Wednesday afternoon. asiaplustj.info »
Detained blogger Abdusattor Pirmuhamamdzoda, who is currently being held at the pretrial detention center in Dushanbe, says he was tortured and beaten during interrogations at the pretrial detention center. asiaplustj.info »
