Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 23, 2016 Presidents of member states and countries with the status of observers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) were in Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on June 23 for the start of a two-day summit. SCO leaders at the gathering are talking about issues that include regional security and the current situation in
VOA News May 16, 2016 KABUL—Tens of thousands of ethnic minority Hazaras, protesting the rerouting of a power line, were blocked in their attempt to march to the presidential palace in Kabul Monday. Authorities, fearing violence, set up shipping containers overnight, effectively closing off Kabul’s commercial center to foot and motor traffic. Leaders of Monday’s
VOA News Ayaz Gul May 12, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan Thursday launched the construction of an electricity power grid Thursday to link the four nations to a jointly operated power supply and promote regional stability, security and prosperity. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and the heads of the
Business Standard: Months after Tajikistan closed its consulates in Kunduz and Badakhshan province citing security issues, Afghanistan has asked Dushanbe to re-open the consulates in the country. Click here to read more (external link).
KABUL, May 10 (Xinhua) — Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani left here on Tuesday for Tajikistan for a two-day visit to the neighboring country, said a statement issued by the country’s Presidential Palace. “President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, leading a high-level delegation, at the official invitation of Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon, left this morning for Dushanbe,
By Bruce Pannier May 8, 2016 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty The groundbreaking ceremony for the Central Asia-South Asia electricity transmission project, known as CASA-1000, is scheduled for May 12 in the Tajik capital, Dushanbe. The leaders of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan are coming to join Tajik President Emomali Rahmon for the event. Afghan President Ashraf
By Bruce Pannier Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 4, 2016 A sound not heard for many years just came across Uzbekistan’s southern border — the sound of rocket fire from Afghanistan. Afghanistan’s Ariana TV reported that the Taliban attacked an Afghan border post in the Kaldor district of Balkh Province during the night of May
1TV: Mohammad Muhaqqiq, the second deputy for Afghanistan’s Chief Executive, has claimed that rejecting Bamyan as the route for electricity transmission from Central Asia is ‘discriminatory’. Afghanistan’s cabinet on Saturday decided that the 500 kV electricity grid TUTAP would pass through Baghlan province despite demonstrations that demanded it to pass via Bamyan. Click here to read
Tolo News: Local officials from Takhar province said on Friday that Tajiksitan has claimed dozens of hectares of land along the Amu River which connects the two countries. Head of Borders and Tribal Affairs Provincial Department, Jan Mohammad Nabi Zada, said the problem cropped up due to the lack of a retainer walls along the river
Khaama Press: The $1.17 billion CASA-1000 power project will be inaugurated by the officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan next month. According to MoFA, the CASA-1000 project will pave the way for the transmission of electricity from Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan to Afghanistan and Pakistan through 1,250 kilometers of high voltage transmission line. Click here to read