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Heart of Asia Conference on Afghanistan Kicks Off in Dushanbe

29th March, 2021 · admin

Ayesha Tanzeem VOA News March 29, 2021 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – A regional ministerial conference called the Heart of Asia-Istanbul Process (HoA-IP) started Monday in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe to try to advance the goal of ending the decades long conflict in Afghanistan. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, who arrived early Monday to attend the annual conference, also

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Posted in Central Asia, Peace Talks, Security, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Ashraf Ghani, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Tajik Locals On Afghan Border Trained To Defend Against ‘Taliban Attack’

10th March, 2021 · admin

RFE/RL’s Tajik Service May 9, 2021 SHURO-OBOD, Tajikistan — Villagers in a southern part of Tajikistan along the border with war-torn Afghanistan have been told they should be prepared “to take up arms” if militants try to enter the region. Local authorities in the Tajik district of Shamsiddin Shohin have held meetings with residents —

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Posted in Central Asia, Security, Taliban | Tags: Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Daesh continues to operate in Afghanistan: Russia

18th December, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Ariana: Russia warns that the Islamic State, known as Daesh in Afghanistan, is building up its potential in Afghanistan to propagate extremist activities in the Central Asian countries. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Central Asia, ISIS/DAESH, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Security |
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Dushanbe Reinforces Border After Tajik Militants Appear In Video Fighting In Afghanistan

17th December, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 17, 2020 Farangis Najibullah Mumin Ahmadi Tajikistan has deployed additional troops along its southern border with Afghanistan after Afghan authorities claimed a group of militants from Tajikistan played a major role in the Taliban’s capture of an Afghan district last month. Afghan officials said the majority of the militants who

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Posted in Anti-Government Militants, Central Asia, ISIS/DAESH, Security | Tags: Abdul Latif Pedram, Badakhshan, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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US ends Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands military adviser program

1st October, 2020 · admin · 7 Comments

Stars and Stripes: A military program that gave troops advising and language training in an effort to develop cultural experts in Central Asia shut down Wednesday, the Pentagon said. The Afghanistan-Pakistan Hands program closed after more than a decade of training advisers in languages such as Dari, Pashto or Urdu, said Richard Osial, spokesman for

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Posted in Central Asia, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, US-Afghanistan Relations |
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Kabul Says Afghanistan Will Sign Agreement On Strategic Partnership With Tajikistan

18th September, 2020 · admin · 15 Comments

RFE/RL’s Tajik Service September 18, 2020 Afghanistan says it plans to sign a strategic partnership agreement with neighboring Tajikistan. The Afghan Foreign Ministry made the announcement on September 17, but did not specify when and where the document would be signed. The statement came hours after visiting acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Haneef Atmar

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Political News | Tags: Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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Tajikistan restores electricity supply to Afghanistan

7th September, 2020 · admin

Ariana: Tajikistan has resumed the supply of electricity to Afghanistan after water levels in the reservoir powering the Nurek Hydroelectric Power Plant reached the required levels. Tajikistan suspended the supply of electricity to Afghanistan in July due to a dramatic drop in water levels in the Nurek reservoir. Click here to read more (external link).

Posted in Central Asia, Economic News | Tags: Electricity, Tajikistan |
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Iran launches trade routes through Afghanistan for Central Asia

31st August, 2020 · admin · 1 Comment

Ariana: Two new key trade corridors between Iran and Central Asian countries, through Afghanistan, have been launched and are expected to considerably boost trade activities in the region.  According to Ruhollah Latifi, spokesman for the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the two corridors are the Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan-Afghanistan-Iran (KTAI) route and the Iran-Afghanistan-Uzbekistan corridor.  He

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Iran-Afghanistan Relations |
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Afghanistan, Uzbekistan to sign power transmission contract

28th August, 2020 · admin · 3 Comments

Ariana: Acting Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar and his Uzbek counterpart Abdulaziz Kamilov have agreed on an electricity transmission contract between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Friday. “The two sides agreed on the signing of a power transmission agreement between Breshna Shirkat and the Uzbek Ministry of

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Reconstruction and Development | Tags: Electricity, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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World Nomad Games Moved To 2021 Due To Pandemic

9th July, 2020 · admin

By RFE/RL’s Kyrgyz Service July 9, 2020 Turkish authorities have moved the Fourth World Nomad Games to 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The games, an international competition dedicated to ethnic sports, were scheduled to be held in the Turkish city of Bursa in autumn this year. The President of the Turkey-based World Ethnosport Confederation, Bilal Erdogan, said

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Posted in Afghan Sports News, Central Asia |
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