Security

admin - March 19, 2015

The 37-year-old national of Tajikistan, Suhrob Kholov, who is wanted by Tajik authorities for banditry, has been arrested in Yekaterinburg.

Big step taken towards solving Kyrgyz-Tajik border issues, says Kyrgyz vice-premier

admin - March 18, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 18, 2015, Asia-Plus – A draft government-to-government agreement between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan on their common border was discussed yesterday at a...

CSTO head’s concerns about Afghan border security baseless, say Afghan border police chief

admin - March 16, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 16, 2015, Asia-Plus – Afghan border guards consider that concerns of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Nikolay Bordyuzha about...

More than 47 kilos of narcotics seized by Tajik police Sunday

admin - March 16, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 16, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajik police reportedly seized more than 47 kilograms of narcotics last Sunday. According to the Interior Ministry’s...

Defense minister promotes heads of a number of Khatlon’s districts to the next reserve office ranks

admin - March 16, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 16, 2015, Asia-Plus -- On completion of a large-scale anti-terror drill that was conducted in the southern province of Khatlon on...

CSTO says troops ‘could be in Tajikistan in three days’

admin - March 16, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 16, 2015, Asia-Plus -- The head of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) says...

Court in Khujand tries 23 alleged Islamist extremists

admin - March 13, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 13, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is trying 23 men it says are members of a banned Islamic group the government has...

Resident of Rasht detained in Dushanbe for illegal weapons possession

admin - March 12, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2015, Asia-Plus -- Resident of the Rasht district (eastern Tajikistan), N. Mahmadov, 39, has been detained in Dushanbe for illegal...

Tajik defense minister, CSTO secretary-general discuss cooperation issues

admin - March 12, 2015

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2015, Asia-Plus - Tajik Defense Minister, Lieutenant-General Sherali Mirzo, today received the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Secretary-General Nikolay Bordyuzha,...