Umed Babakhanov

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“Asia-Plus”: How a small agency became the largest media in Tajikistan

Today, the media group "Asia-Plus" celebrates its 30th anniversary. And this is our common story.

Asia-Plus news agency celebrates its 29th anniversary

29 years ago, the first newsletter of Asia-Plus news agency was released.  It marked the beginning of the media group’s activities, which over the...

Robert O. Blake: It’s very dangerous for any government to drive religious expression underground

Assistant Secretary Robert O. Blake, Jr. about lessons of Egypt, religious extremism, withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and about competition...

WB leading economist: Government is not obliged to settle all problems of private sector

WASHINGTON. June 7. “Asia-Plus” -- Tajikistan’s private sector is not dynamically developing at the moment and this is not only the government’s fault,...

Maxim Bakiyev on the way to the United States

WASHINGTON, April 8, 2010, Asia-Plus   -- Maxim Bakiyev, the son of the Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and  Kyrgyz Foreign Minister Kadyrbek Sarbayev are...

#AP30/Stories. “Selam! Heller nichek?” How Tatars live today in Sughd province

On the 30th anniversary of "Asia-Plus," we continue to publish reports that remain relevant even after years. This story was told in 2021, and since then, little has changed in the life of the Tatar community in Tajikistan.

15,000 cameras, drones, and robots: how technology monitors pilgrims in Mecca and Medina

During Hajj 2026, Mecca and Medina were under unprecedented digital control.

Another child in Dushanbe removed from family and sent to boarding school

The Ministry of Internal Affairs reports that the parents did not pay adequate attention to the child.

Seven people killed and six others injured in traffic accidents in Tajikistan on the day of Eid al-Adha

On this day, five accidents occurred on the country's roads.