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The Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Tajikistan (MoHSPP) says no cases of the coronavirus Delta variant have been registered in Tajikistan. The health authorities assure that in case of detection of the Delta variant in the country, this will be officially announced. asiaplustj.info »
Three more coronavirus-linked deaths have been officially confirmed in Tajikistan over the past two days, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-linked deaths that have been officially registered in the country since June 21, 2021 to twenty-four. asiaplustj.info »
By president’s decree a working has been set up in Tajikistan to draft a law on amnesty on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Tajikistan’s Independence, a source within the Tajik government told Asia-Plus in an interview. asiaplustj.info »
Russian President Vladimir Putin in June offered U.S. counterpart Joe Biden the use of Russian military bases in Central Asia for information gathering from Afghanistan as American troops leave the country, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Saturday Putin reportedly made the offer at a June 16 meeting with U.S. President Biden in Geneva. asiaplustj.info »
Afghan media reports say the delegation of the Afghan government and the Taliban have agreed to expedite peace efforts. TOLO News , in particular, reported yesterday that the two sides have issued a short joint statement in which they agreed to continue high level talks on peace. asiaplustj.info »
One more coronavirus-linked death has been officially confirmed in Tajikistan over the past weekend, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-linked deaths that have been officially registered in the country since June 21, 2021 to twenty-one. asiaplustj.info »
“The European Union is a powerful and reliable partner for developing sustainable connectivity in Central Asia and Afghanistan as well as fostering peace and security in the region. These are the main topics on the agenda for my upcoming trip to Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 15 to 17 July. asiaplustj.info »
Over the first six months of this year, five police officers from Kulob region of Khatlon province have been brought to justice over corruption charges, Jamshed Gulmahmadzoda, the chief of the anticorruption agency’s office for Kulob, told reporters in Kulob on July 16. asiaplustj.info »
Households in Tajikistan are particularly vulnerable to shocks. In May 2015, the World Bank launched a “ Listening to Tajikistan ” ( L2T ) survey to understand the severity of the shocks on households and monitor their wellbeing over time. asiaplustj.info »
President Emomali Rahmon today has visited two districts in Khatlon province bordering Afghanistan. According to the Tajik president’s official website, the purpose of the visit was for the head of state to get acquainted with the state of combat readiness of border units deployed along Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev yesterday met in Tashkent with Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, who arrived in the Uzbek capital for participation in the International Conference entitled “Central and South Asia: Regional Connectivity. Challenges and Opportunities. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik Transport Minister Azim Ibrohim says a point working group of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan is discussing the possibility of constructing a rail link connecting the Tajik northern city of Panjakent and the Uzbek city of Samarkand. asiaplustj.info »
Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries issued a joint statement following a meeting in the format of the SCO-Afghanistan Contact Group here on July 14. The foreign ministers advocate the development of Afghanistan as an independent, neutral, united, peaceful, democratic and prosperous state, according to the statement. asiaplustj.info »
On Wednesday July 14, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) launched a new project worth US$2.7 million jointly with the Committee for Environmental Protection under the Government of Tajikistan to boost the country’s resilience to climate change, according to UNDP's Country Office in Tajikistan,. asiaplustj.info »
Some experts consider that a Chinese foreign minister’s high-profile tour of Central Asian that has begun as the security situation in Afghanistan worsens is an effort by Beijing to boost its interests in the region. asiaplustj.info »
The Shuroi Ulamo (Council of Ulema – Tajikistan’s highest Islamic institution) has determined the exact date of celebration of Idi Qurbon, or Eid al-Adha in Arabic. A source within the Islamic Center of Tajikistan told Asia-Plus today that this year, celebration of Idi Qurbon, or Eid al-Adha in Arabic, falls on July 20. Last year, Tajikistan celebrates Eid al-Adha on July 31. asiaplustj.info »
The construction of the Tajik section of the 1000 Electricity Transmission and Trade Project for Central Asia and South Asia (CASA 1000) will be completed before the end of this year, the Deputy Minister of Energy and Water Resources, Jamshed Shoimzoda, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 12, 2021. asiaplustj.info »
On Tuesday July 13, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Tajikistan on a two-day official visit at the invitation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin. asiaplustj.info »
Forty-three new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been officially confirmed in Tajikistan as of the evening of July 13, bringing a total number of COVID-19 cases officially reported in the country since June 21, 2021 to 550. asiaplustj.info »
A Tajik long-distance trucker says the Taliban have waived visa requirements for them at the Sher Khan Bandar crossing. The Taliban have facilitated trade across the Sher Khan Bandar bridge customs revenues are now accruing to them. asiaplustj.info »
The First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Khusrav Noziri, met here on July 12 with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mirwais Nab, who is on a working visit to Tajikistan, according to the Tajik MFA information department. asiaplustj.info »
In a report released at a news conference in Dushanbe, the Minister of Energy and Water Resources Daler Juma noted on July 12 that it is planned to raise electricity rates during the second half of this year. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban fighters in northern Afghanistan have reached the borders of Central Asia and there is a familiar sense of urgency in the three countries in the region with an Afghan frontier: Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. asiaplustj.info »
Five residents of the Tajik northern city of Konibodom have been jailed for membership in the outlawed Salafi group. A court in Konibodom has sentenced Damir Sultonov, 37, to 6 asiaplustj.info »
An article by the senior correspondent with RFE/RL Golnaz Esfandiari and the correspondent for RFE/RL’s Tajik Service Mumin Ahmadi notes that some Afghan soldiers feel that fleeing to neighboring Tajikistan was their only chance to survive. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik authorities plan to begin registration of IMEI codes after the completion of reregistration SIM cards in the country, Ilhomjon Atoyev, the deputy head of the communications service agency, told reporters in Dushanbe on July 12. asiaplustj.info »
The Emergences Committee under the Government of Tajikistan says five persons were killed and at least sixteen other injured in a strong earthquake that hit the Rasht Valley (eastern Tajikistan) in the morning of July 10. asiaplustj.info »
Julien Thorez, a geographer at the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France, Paris, in an interview specially for the analytical platform CABAR.asia discusses the conflicts in the region from the point of view of postcolonialism, analyzes the factors of the collision of interests of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, and also highlights the most important forms of peacebuilding. asiaplustj.info »
Six coronavirus-linked deaths have been officially confirmed in Tajikistan over the past three days, bringing a total number of the coronavirus-related deaths that have been officially registered in the country since June 21, 2021 to thirteen. asiaplustj.info »
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The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) Representative Office in Tajikistan says experts from Tajikistan participated in the second part of the National training on the “DesInventar-Sendai” – a disaster information management software, which took place on July 7-8. asiaplustj.info »
Two Afghan delegations partaking in the Tehran peace talks stressed that war is not the solution to the Afghan misery and that all efforts should be done to reach a political solution, according to IRNA . asiaplustj.info »
A new World Bank report entitled Tajikistan: The Economic Impacts of Disasters along Key Transport Corridors assesses the economic costs of natural disasters that affect the country’s major road network. asiaplustj.info »
Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards exchanged fire along the disputed segment of the two nations’ mutual border on July 8, wounding two. A statement released by the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS) says four Kyrgyz border guards illegally crossed the border near the Devashtich (formerly Ghonchi) district in the Sughd province. asiaplustj.info »
Taliban political delegation led by Sheikh Shahabuddin Delawar visited Moscow on July 8 seeking to provide assurances that recent gains across Afghanistan do not pose a threat to Russia or Central Asia’s nations. asiaplustj.info »
From June 23-30, 2021, a training on ensuring food safety in the livestock sector based on the Global G.A.P international standard was held in the Kazakh city of Almaty in the framework of a project funded by the European Union,. asiaplustj.info »
Eurasianet says a video circulating on messengers in Afghanistan shows what appears to be a member of the Taliban militant movement overseeing the passage of freight traffic through a recently captured border crossing into Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
“Will we send our troops to Afghanistan? I believe the answer is obvious, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on July 8, addressing students at the Far East Federal University, according to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency. asiaplustj.info »
A session of the Permanent Council of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) took place yesterday in a video conferencing. CSTO Secretary General Satnislav Zas also participated in the session. asiaplustj.info »
About 600 Afghan servicemen who crossed the border into Tajikistan while retreating from Taliban militants have been flown home on four flights since late on July 6. A source in Tajikistan’s law enforcement told Radio Liberty’s Tajik Service that the last flight carrying 130 Afghan servicemen left the Kulob airport on the morning of July 7. asiaplustj.info »
On June 24-28, 2021, The ninth Open Eurasian Literature Festival & Book Forum was held in London, Great Britain on June 24-28, 2021. asiaplustj.info »
Production of a documentary about the Uthman Quran will start Tashkent, St. Petersburg and Ufa, according to Fergana news agency. The documentary is being shot by the BBC Uzbek Service in collaboration with Uzbekistan’s National Association of Electronic Mass Media. asiaplustj.info »
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a "state emergency" stemming from gun violence in the state. The Independent says the announcement comes after a rise in violence across the state, but just hours after New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that NYPD data shows murders and shootings in the city have decreased year-over-year. asiaplustj.info »
Russia is ready to use opportunities of its military base deployed in Tajikistan to protect its allies in connection with the situation in Afghanistan. RIA Novosti says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this at a press conference in Laos. asiaplustj.info »
Chief of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Joint Staff, Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov, heading the Organization task force has arrived in Tajikistan to monitor the situation along Tajikistan’s common border with Afghanistan, Izvestiya’s website reported on July 6, citing the CSTO press center. asiaplustj.info »
Thirty-two new cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) have been officially confirmed in Tajikistan as of the evening of July 6, bringing a total number of COVID-19 cases officially reported in the country since June 21, 2021 to 236. asiaplustj.info »
Afghanistan’s Taliban movement has reportedly sought to reassure Tajikistan that it poses no danger. Russia’s state-owned Sputnik news agency reported on July 5 that Zabiullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, pledged that the group would respect the security and inviolability of Tajikistan. asiaplustj.info »
Uzbek media reports say Uzbekistan has lifted the ban on wearing hijab and other religious clothing in public places. Thus, Uzreport says a new decree inked by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev provides for the lifting of the ban on wearing hijab and other religious robes in public places. asiaplustj.info »
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan Sirojiddin Muhriddin met with the UN Under-Secretary-General of the Counter-Terrorism Office Vladimir Voronkov in New York on July 5. asiaplustj.info »
On 25th of June 2021 a new water supply project was inaugurated in Pashor village of Shugnan district by the GBAO Governor, representatives of the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) Tajikistan and numerous community members. asiaplustj.info »
