Tajkistan, Security

10:26, november 8, 2011

Tajik drug suspect reportedly inflicts stab wound on deputy chief of Kyrgyz counternarcotics agency

DUSHANBE, November 8, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A suspected Tajik drug smuggler has reportedly inflicted a stab wound on a high-ranking officer of Kyrgyz counternarcotics agency. CA-News.

19:14, november 5, 2011

Heads of CIS security and intelligence services meet in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, November 5, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The next 12th session of heads of the CIS security and intelligence services will take place in Dushanbe from November 9-11, the State Committee for

14:37, october 25, 2011

SCNS chief departs for Baku to attend session of CIS council of heads of security agencies

DUSHANBE, October 25, 2011 Asia-Plus -- Chairman of the State Committee for National Security (SCNS) of Tajikistan, Saymumin Yatimov, today departed for Baku, Azerbaijan to attend the next

12:05, october 20, 2011

Tajikistan reportedly reaches 52 percent of the autumn conscription target

DUSHANBE, October 20 2011, Asia-Plus -- By October 20, Tajikistan has reached 52 percent of the autumn conscription target, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a chief spokesman for the Ministry of

11:46, october 18, 2011

Tajik counternarcotics agency opens its offices in Murgab and Ishkashim districts

DUSHANBE, October 18, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The Drug Control Agency (DCA) under the President of Tajikistan has opened two more offices in Gorno Badakhshan.

11:00, october 17, 2011

Tajik delegation attends CSTO high-level group consultations

DUSHANBE, October 17, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The High-Level Group of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) is holding regulation consultations in Moscow today.

10:09, october 17, 2011

Afghan interior ministry delegation visits Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, October 17, 2011, Asia-Plus -- General Baz Mohammad Ahmadi, Deputy Minister of Interior for Counter-Narcotics, heading an Afghan government delegation, is arriving in Tajikistan today on

20:07, october 15, 2011

Four Hizb ut-Tahir activists get long jail terms

KHUJAND, October 15, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A regional court has sentenced four activists of the outlawed religious extremist Hizb ut-Tahrir group – Abdunabi Abdulqodirov, 46, Yahyokhon

18:57, october 15, 2011

CIS interior ministers to boost cooperation in combating crime

DUSHANBE, October 15, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Minister of Interiors Abdurahim Qahhorov attended the next meeting of the CIS interior ministers’ council that took place in the Armenian capital

09:31, october 12, 2011

Tajik interior minister attends CIS interior ministers’ council meeting in Armenia

DUSHANBE, October 12, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Minister of Interiors Abdurahim Qahhorov has departed for Yerevan, Armenia to attend the next meeting of the CIS interior ministers’ council that is

16:58, october 8, 2011

CIS border guard chiefs work out plan of actions for 2012

DUSHANBE, October 8, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Senior commanders of border guard troops from ten former Soviet republics – Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan,

10:37, october 7, 2011

Tajikistan reportedly reaches 26 percent of the autumn conscription target

DUSHANBE, October 7, 2011, Asia-Plus -- By October 7, Tajikistan has reached 26 percent of the autumn conscription target, Faridoun Mahmadaliyev, a chief spokesman for the Ministry of Defense

12:13, october 4, 2011

Tajikistan officially cedes part of its territory to China

DUSHANBE, October 4, 2011, Asia-Plus -- “China Expands 1,158 Square Kilometers West” by Tom Hancock posted on AsinCorrespondnet.

10:07, september 30, 2011

24 kilos of narcotics seized by security officers in recent days

DUSHANBE, September 30, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the State Committee for National Security have seized 24 kilograms of narcotics in recent days and seven drug pushers have been

17:39, september 29, 2011

If ISAF mission is not finished successfully, irreversible process threatens the world

DUSHANBE, September 29, 2011, Asia-Plus -- If the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) mission is not finished successfully and the ISAF forces are withdrawn from Afghanistan, the

09:17, september 29, 2011

Chinese national detained with narcotics in Qurghon Teppa

QURGHON TEPPA, September 29, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A 30-year-old national of China has been detained with narcotics in Qurghon Teppa, the capital of the southern Khatlon province.

14:51, september 28, 2011

Over 116 kilos of narcotics burnt in Dushanbe today

DUSHANBE, September 28, 2011, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday September 28, the Drug Control Agency (DCA) destroyed more than 168 kilograms of narcotics in a special narcotic-burning

12:10, september 28, 2011

Tajik, Russian police to work out the plan of actions to combat drug trafficking

DUSHANBE, September 28, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Representatives from Russia’s Interior Ministry have arrived in Tajikistan to discuss with their Tajik colleagues joint efforts to combat drug trafficking.

14:11, september 27, 2011

Another drug peddler detained at Dushanbe airport

DUSHANBE, September 27, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A 35-year-old resident of the Varzob district has attempted to travel to the Russian city of Krasnoyarsk with drugs in his stomach, the Drug Control

11:54, september 23, 2011

The number of landmine victims reaches 831 in Tajikistan

KULOB, September 23, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A seminar entitled “Watch Out, Mine!” opened in Kulob today.

09:48, september 23, 2011

Russia’s police representative to arrive in Dushanbe to discuss cooperation issues

DUSHANBE, September 23, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Representatives from Russia’s Interior Ministry will arrive in Tajikistan next week to discuss joint efforts to combat drug trafficking, Tajik Interior

11:44, september 21, 2011

CIS border control cooperation discussed in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, September 21, 2011, Asia-Plus -- A working meeting of the border control bodies within border services of the CIS member nations has opened in Dushanbe.

10:36, september 20, 2011

Tajik interior minister departs for Orenburg to attend joint board meeting of MoIs

DUSHANBE, September 20, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Tajik Minister of Interiors Abdurahim Qahhorov today morning departed for the Russian city of Orenburg to attend the next joint board meeting of the

14:43, september 19, 2011

Russian official just intimidates Central Asia’s governments, says Tajik journalist

DUSHANBE, September 19, 2011, Asia-Plus -- “It is not the first time Russian officials have stated that terrorist will spread their actions to the Central Asian region after NATO withdrawal from

11:46, september 19, 2011

After NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan jackals of war will spread to Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, September 19, 2011, Asia-Plus -- After withdrawal of antiterrorist coalition forces from Afghanistan international terrorists will spread their actions to Tajikistan and Uzbekistan,

10:44, september 19, 2011

Tajikistan hosts CSTO command-and-staff drill

DUSHANBE, September 19, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The command-and-staff drill for the Collective Operational Reaction Forces (CORF) of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), dubbed

09:10, september 19, 2011

Dushanbe to host meeting of the CIS council of border guard commanders

DUSHANBE, September 19, 2011, Asia-Plus -- The next meeting of the CIS Council of Border Guard Commanders will take place in Dushanbe from September 21 to September 22.

15:36, september 16, 2011

Over 466 kilos of narcotics destroyed in Dushanbe Friday

DUSHANBE, September 16, 2011, Asia-Plus -- Police in Dushanbe burned more than 466 kilograms of narcotics on September 16.

15:26, september 16, 2011

Islamist group calls for jihad in Tajikistan

A video call by Islamist group, Jamaat Ansarullah in Tajikistan, to Muslims in Tajikistan has appeared in Internet.

09:02, september 15, 2011

President signs decree on autumn conscription campaign

DUSHANBE, September 15, 2011, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday September 14, President Emomali Rahmon signed a decree on drafting young Tajiks into the country’s armed forces from October through