Amu: Fighting between Taliban forces and Juma Khan Fateh, a former Taliban official and their commander, entered a fourth consecutive day in Badakhshan’s Nusay district, local sources told Amu on Friday, as neighboring Tajikistan protested what it said was a deadly spillover of the clashes across its border. Local sources said the fighting continued intermittently
Khaama: Emomali Rahmon has ordered education authorities to improve the teaching of the Persian script, known in Tajikistan as the “ancestral alphabet,” as part of broader efforts to strengthen national identity and cultural heritage. According to state media reports, Rahmon instructed schools and universities to improve the quality of Persian-script education within programmes promoting “Aryan
8am: The annual Nowruz gathering has been held in the city of Dushanbe with the participation of a number of poets and cultural figures from Afghanistan, Iran, and Tajikistan. At the gathering, held on Thursday, March 19, several Afghan poets, including Latif Nazemi, Tania Aakafi, and Mozhgan Saghar, along with other cultural figures, participated. Click
Afghanistan International: Tajik border guards clashed with a group of armed men along the border with Afghanistan, leaving three of the suspects dead, the state-run Khovar news agency reported. Khovar, which operates under the Tajik presidency, said the men were smugglers who had crossed illegally from Afghanistan into Tajikistan. Click here to read more (external
Khaama: Tajik media reported that four members of what authorities described as a “terrorist group” were killed after crossing from Afghanistan into Tajikistan’s Badakhshan region, officials said on Sunday. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, Tajikistan has repeatedly voiced alarm over militant movements near its frontier, increasing patrols and coordination with regional security
RFE/RL: More than a month after a pair of attacks killed five Chinese nationals working at a gold mine near Tajikistan’s remote border with Afghanistan, questions remain over what led to the high-profile incidents that could reshape both countries’ relations with China. Click here to read more (external link).
Afghanistan International: The Taliban’s foreign minister has said that “malicious elements” are seeking to disrupt relations between the Taliban and Tajikistan, following the killing of Tajik border guards in an attack by militants who crossed from Afghan territory. Amir Khan Muttaqi said an investigation into the incident has begun and stressed that cooperation with Tajikistan
Afghanistan International: Two Tajik border guards were killed in an armed clash with militants who crossed from Afghanistan into Tajikistan, the country’s State Committee for National Security said. Click here to read more (external link). More Tajikistan Opens New Border Outposts Near Afghanistan After Deadly Attacks
By RFE/RL’s Tajik Service and Reid Standish December 3, 2025 DUSHANBE -– Tajikistan’s Foreign Ministry has denied claims that it is in talks with Russia to help guard its border with Afghanistan following an attack that killed five Chinese nationals in the area. The claim of a stepped-up Russian military footprint stems from a December
8am: Sources in Badakhshan say Taliban forces and their affiliated mining operatives deliberately targeted the five Chinese citizens who were killed last week on Tajikistan’s soil. According to these sources, clashes erupted between Taliban fighters and Tajik border guards, during which gunfire killed two of the victims. A separate, coordinated drone attack carried out by