Synthetic drugs replacing Afghan heroin: UN warns of rising threats in Central Asia
Central Asian countries, including Tajikistan, are facing a new wave of drug-related challenges as synthetic substances such as methamphetamine, pregabalin, and nitazenes increasingly replace...
Tajik security forces foil major Afghan drug smuggling operation
Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security (SCNS) has dismantled a transnational narcotics trafficking group originating from Afghanistan, seizing nearly 58.5 kilograms of illegal substances,...
Transnational drug trafficking group busted in southern Tajikistan
A major transnational drug trafficking ring has been dismantled in Tajikistan’s southern Khatlon province, with five individuals arrested in connection with the smuggling of...
Tajikistan-born Russian national arrested in the U.S. on suspicion of being a member of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested a Tajikistan-born Russian national who is wanted overseas on suspicion of being linked to the Al-Qaeda...
EU and Tajikistan strengthen cooperation to prevent violent extremism and build resilience
On June 4–5, the European Commission’s Service for Foreign Policy Instruments (FPI), the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Tajikistan, RUSI Europe, the...
