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FAO helps Tajikistan strengthen foot-and-mouth disease diagnostic system

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations conducted a five-day training on laboratory diagnostics of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) for specialists from...

Tajik border guards detain Afghan smuggler with large drug shipment

Border guards at the Darkad outpost of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan (SCNS), located in the Mir-Said-Ali-Hamadoni district of...

Taliban issues new criminal code for Afghanistan: no equality before the law or presumption of innocence

The new criminal procedural code issued by the Taliban in Afghanistan has drawn sharp criticism. According to human rights organizations, the document pushes the...

Man in Danghara suspected of driving his wife to suicide

An investigation has been launched in Tajikistan against a 42-year-old man from the Danghara district of the Khatlon province, who is suspected of driving...

Russia considers requiring migrant workers to prove income to support their families

Russia is considering tightening requirements for labor migrants who bring family members into the country. A corresponding draft law has been reviewed by a...

Antimonopoly Agency says there were no monopolies in Tajikistan’s fuel market in 2025

The markets for the import and sale of petroleum products and liquefied gas in Tajikistan operated under competitive conditions in 2025 and showed no...

Up to 300 Tajik women and children remain in Syria and Iraq, fate unknown — Ombudsman’s Office

Approximately 250–300 citizens of Tajikistan, mostly women and children, remain in Syria and Iraq, while their fate remains uncertain. Following the change of government...

125 power grid employees dismissed and prosecuted for violations in the provision of electricity to the population

In Tajikistan, 125 employees of the electricity sector were dismissed and held criminally liable in 2025 following inspections that revealed violations in the provision...

Uzbekistan proposes fines and arrests for profanity on social media

Uzbekistan’s Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis has approved at first reading a draft law introducing administrative liability for insults and hooliganism on the...

Two Tajik nationals sentenced to life imprisonment over Istanbul church attack

A Turkish court has sentenced two Tajik nationals and one Russian citizen to life imprisonment over a terrorist attack on the Santa Maria Catholic...
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