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
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 —
RFE/RL’s Tajik Service March 2, 2021 A high-ranking Afghan politician has found himself at the center of a scandal in Tajikistan involving $15 million in cash and some 90 kilos of gold bars seized from smugglers at the Dushanbe airport in November. Mohammad Mirza Katawazai, the deputy chairman of the Afghan parliament, angrily rejects the
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
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