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An article posted on CABAR.asia’s website notes that in 2023, the Central Asian landscape was a hotbed of diplomatic activity, with regional leaders convening nearly a dozen times and concluding the year amid a flurry of foreign policy interactions in the “C5+1” format. asiaplustj.info »
CABAR.asia notes that the decision of Tajikistan’s authorities to connect to Chinese telecommunications networks has raised concerns among experts who believe that Chinese restrictions on the Internet will be imported into Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
A report released by the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) notes that more recently, Central Asia has reemerged as a strategic hub of international trade, providing a critical transit point between east and west, but also increasingly becoming a destination for investment and economic growth. asiaplustj.info »
Speaking at the parliamentary discussions on the implementation of the country's state budget for the first nine months of this year, the deputy head of the Tax Committee, Nozim Melikzoda, noted on November 2 that a number of large companies have failed to fully meet the planned budget revenues over the first nine months of this year. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports said yesterday Kazakhstan has restricted the export of 106 items of goods to the Russian Federation that could be used for military purposes following demands from the West that Kazakhstan and its neighbors abide by sanctions imposed on Moscow over its so-called “special military operation” in Ukraine. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say Jordan's King Abdullah yesterday warned against trying to push Palestinian refugees into Egypt or Jordan, adding that the humanitarian situation must to be dealt with inside Gaza and the West Bank. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reports that the public in Tajikistan knows all too well that police officers are far from always on their side. But a few recent high-profile incidents reprotedly are serving to deepen that distrust. asiaplustj.info »
Media reports say the death toll in Saturday’s earthquakes that leveled multiple villages in western Afghanistan exceeded 2,500. Turkiye’s Anadolu Agency (AA) reports that Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for Kabul police, said on X that according to the officials of the Ministry of Disaster Management, the number of martyrs due to the earthquake in Herat has exceeded 2,500. asiaplustj.info »
TOLOnews notes that the Ministry of Vice and Virtue said on October 2 that nearly 200 jadogar (sorcerers, witches) have been detained across the country. A spokesman for the Ministry of Vice and Virtue said that those who conduct jado (witchcraft; sorcery), will be introduced to the judicial departments. asiaplustj.info »
BBC reports that there are fears that as many as 20,000 people may have died in the flooding that's devastated northern Libya after dams burst during storms. The coastal city of Derna reportedly suffered the worst of the disaster. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet reported on September 8 that early on September 6, the security services in Tajikistan issued a press release containing some apparently alarming news. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, Rustam Mirzozoda, the head of Tajikistan’s High Economic Court, stated on August 7 that the Economic Court of the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) has granted the request of the GBAO chief prosecutor’s office for the appropriation of a land plot in GBAO’s capital, Khorog, where the University of Central Asia asiaplustj.info »
Senior Representatives of the Ministry of Education and Science of Tajikistan gave a news conference on the results of work carried out in the first half of this year on August 1. asiaplustj.info »
During a meeting with reporters, the Minister of Agriculture Qurbon Hakimzoda on July 31 suggested a number of proposals that he believed would contribute to lowering prices for agricultural goods. He, in particular, suggests that the period of benefits granted to poultry and fish breeders as well as beekeepers be extended. asiaplustj.info »
Poland will form an engineer battalion and deploy it in the city of August asiaplustj.info »
The European Commission announced the upcoming 11th package of anti-Russian sanctions, which will be now not against Russia, but against third countries supplying sanctioned goods to the Russian Federation. asiaplustj.info »
CNN reported on March 30 that Goldman Sachs says that up to 300 million full-time jobs around the world could be affected by artificial intelligence (AI). The new wave of AI that has spawned platforms like ChatGPT reportedly could lead to jobs being automated in some way. asiaplustj.info »
Russia’s news agency TASS , citing a report posted on Twitter of the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI), the Afghan national intelligence, security and spy agency under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, reported on March 27 that the GDI claims that nationals of Tajikistan were involved in a suicide attack in Mazar-e Sharif, the capital of Afghanistan’s northern Balkh asiaplustj.info »
Since the first disease outbreak news on the global cholera situation was published on December 16, 2022, the global situation has further deteriorated with additional countries reporting cases and outbreaks, says a report released by the Word Health Organization (WHO) on February 11. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet notes that public shaming is an ever-reliable weapon in Tajikistan’s toolkit for silencing expressions of discontent. This treatment is reportedly not only reserved for dissidents; ordinary citizens sharing details of their lives or casually talking about their impressions online must be on their guard too. asiaplustj.info »
Nozirjon Yodgori, the head of the press center of Barqi Tojik (Tajikistan’s state-run power utility company), told Tajik weekly S. S. S. R in an interview that the power rationing period is gradually declining in the country’s rural areas. asiaplustj.info »
Intensifying Russian pressure on Belarus is degrading Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s maneuver room to avoid making concessions to the Kremlin, says the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). 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 »
Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on November 16 that he respects Russia's statement that Russian missiles had not hit Polish territory, adding that he believes Moscow had "nothing to do with it. asiaplustj.info »
Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service , known locally as Radio Ozodi , reported yesterday that Tajik authorities are investigating media reports that say at least two Tajik nationals were involved in a shooting spree at a military training base in Russia over the weekend that left at least 11 Russian men dead and at least 15 wounded. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon attended the Central Asia – Russia summit that took place in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on October 14. Media reports say that during the summit that was initiated by Moscow, the presidents of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Russia discussed prospects for further expansion of cooperation in the six-party format. asiaplustj.info »
At the same time, it is specified that the driver of the gas carrier is alive and hospitalized. As a result of the explosion of a gas carrier on the Dushanbe-Chanak highway, 3 people died, 4 people were hospitalized with injuries. asiaplustj.info »
Iranian First Vice-President Mohammad Mokhber said on August 21 that Tehran welcomes increasing investment in Iran\s Chabahar Port. IRNA reports that speaking at a meeting in Tehran with India’s Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal, Mokhber said that the development of Chabahar Port is an exceptional chance for Iran, India and the entire region. asiaplustj.info »
Russia would not like to see about a hundred planes and helicopters, flown by U.S.-trained Afghan pilots to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in mid-August last year as they fled the Taliban, get into Ukraine, Zamir Kabulov, the Special Representative of the Russian President for Afghanistan also Director of the MFA Second Asian Department, told RIA Novosti in an interview on August 16. asiaplustj.info »
Iran’s junior badminton players won 4 gold medals of Central Asian Games that took place in Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, on August 11-14. It is to be noted that this is the first year that badminton is included in the Central Asian Games. asiaplustj.info »
The Deputy Minister of Education of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan said on August 7 that the delay in reopening girls' schools was caused by problems in the curriculum for girls. TOLOnews says that during his visit to Khost Province, Nourullah Munir, the Acting Minister of Education, stated that girls' schools had been shut down due to cultural constraints. asiaplustj.info »
The Ministry of Defense of the Taliban Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has once again asked Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to return the helicopters of the previous administration that were taken following the fall of the republic. asiaplustj.info »
Russian Prosecutor-General has expressed concerned about the fact that citizens of some post-Soviet countries are fighting on the side of Ukraine. A joint board meeting of the Prosecutor-General’s Offices of Tajikistan and Russia took place in Dushanbe on July 26. asiaplustj.info »
Hosted by Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, an international conference on Afghanistan kicked off today. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Minister of Industry and New Technologies Sherali Kabir noted on July 18 that 2,479 industrial facilities have been registered in Tajikistan as of July 1, 2022. asiaplustj.info »
The Prosecutor-General’s Office has upheld the results of investigation carried out by the office of chief prosecutor in Faizobod district over the cause of death of the 25-year-old local woman, who was found in her home with 26 stab wounds on her body. asiaplustj.info »
An article by Bryant Harris, published in DefenseNews on June 8, in particular, notes that antimony is now on the front lines of recent congressional efforts to shore up the strategic reserve of rare earth minerals, known as the national defense stockpile. asiaplustj.info »
The United Nations has warned that Moscow’s so-called special military operation in Ukraine could soon cause a global food crisis that may last for years. Speaking at a UN meeting in New York on global food security, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on May 18 that the war had worsened food insecurity in poorer nations due to rising prices. asiaplustj.info »
Israel has reacted with fury after Russia's foreign minister claimed that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler "had Jewish blood". Media reports say Sergei Lavrov made the comments to try to justify Russia's portrayal of Ukraine as "Nazi" despite the fact that its president is Jewish. asiaplustj.info »
During the years of Tajikistan’s independence, its economy remained under Russian influence. CABAR.asia notes that the unprecedented package of sanctions imposed by the Western countries on Russia due to the war with Ukraine has already led to a number of problems in Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan’s national power utility company, Barqi Tojik, claims that the whole of Tajikistan is provided with electricity for 10%. Meanwhile, regions complain about power outages and reintroduction of power rationing. asiaplustj.info »
The Russian military announced early Thursday (February 24) morning that it has knocked out Ukraine’s air defense assets and airbases. TASS reports that the Russian Ministry of Defense said the Russian strikes have suppressed air defense means of the Ukrainian military, adding that the infrastructure of Ukraine’s military bases has been incapacitated. asiaplustj.info »
Disputes over the unavailability of the municipal of Dushanbe redevelopment plan of Dushanbe have been a hot topic for many years. The First Deputy Mayor Dushanbe, Jamshed Tabarzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe yesterday that the municipal redevelopment plan is kept secret so that it does not fall into the hands of terrorists and extremists. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma says it cannot be ruled out that electricity rates will be raised in Tajikistan in coming years. He noted this at a news conference in Dushanbe on January 31. asiaplustj.info »
The Civil Aviation Agency under the Government of Tajikistan has demanded that airlines operating flights to the Russian Federation immediately lower airfare prices. “This issue was raised at an extraordinary meeting of the Civil Aviation Agency that took place in Dushanbe on January 18. asiaplustj.info »
Tajikistan authorities project inflation in 2022 and in the medium term (2023-2024) to stand at 6.0 percent, says Tajikistan’s Monetary Policy Forecast for the mentioned period. The document, in particular, outlines the tight monetary policy by the U.S. Central Bank (Federal Reserve System) as the main risk. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s central bank (Da Afghanistan Bank) announced that Afghanistan International Bank (AIB) received the fourth batch of dollars in cash that contained US$19. 2 million, Khaama Press reported on December 16. asiaplustj.info »
Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi has spurned the World Food Program (WFP) statement that 22. 8 million people in Afghanistan are starving and nearly 8. 7 million facing famine, according to Pajhwok Afghan News . asiaplustj.info »
The State Committee for National Security (SCNS)’s office in the Gorno Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) claims that five law enforcement officers were injured in clashes that took place near the GBAO regional administration building on November 25. asiaplustj.info »
BACKGROUND The Branch of the Aga Khan Agency for Habitat in the Republic of Tajikistan, works to ensure that people live in physical settings that are as safe as possible from the effects of natural disasters, that residents who do live in such high risk areas are able to cope with disasters in terms of preparedness and response, and that these settings provide access to social and asiaplustj.info »
