Tajkistan, Security

16:58, april 23, 2012

Tajik army recruitment campaign reaches 46.9% level

Tajik army recruitment campaign reached a 46.9% level.

09:50, april 20, 2012

US hands Mini MineWolf demining machine to Tajik Defense Ministry

US Ambassador to Tajikistan Ken Gross and Deputy Minister of Defense of Tajikistan, Major General Vyacheslav Grudyna took part in today’s handover ceremony of the Mini MineWolf demining machine to

15:57, april 18, 2012

Uzbekistan, Tajikistan to simplify border regime

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan decide to strengthen trust and stability efforts at the border, RIA Novosti reported.

12:08, april 18, 2012

Tajik Interior Ministry to provide assistance to Afghan police, General Rahimov says

Close location of Afghanistan, which remains the destabilizing factor for Central Asia states despite a definite success of counter-terrorist operations, also affects current political situation in

11:22, april 16, 2012

Over 67kg of hashish seized in Dushanbe

On Sunday, April 15th, the police have seized more than 67kg of drugs as a result of a special operation in Dushanbe.

15:32, april 13, 2012

Tajik Interior Ministry’s special forces trained to hold negotiations with potential terrorists

OSCE Bureau in Tajikistan supports tactical exercises for the Tajik Ministry of Interior’s special forces on negotiating with potential terrorists.

17:15, april 12, 2012

Tajik, Afghan border guards trained to patrol borderline

OSCE Office in Tajikistan conducts a series of trainings for Tajik border guards and Afghan border police.

16:28, april 12, 2012

U.S. provide assistance to Tajik Drug Control Agency

The U.S. Embassy provided technical means and vehicles to the Tajik Drug Control Agency under the President of Tajikistan, the Agency told the AP.

14:14, april 12, 2012

DCA rapidly reaching high professional level compatible to international standards

On 2nd to 6th April 2012 two senior analysts from the Drug Control Agency under the President of the Republic of Tajikistan (DCA) were sent by the UNODC country office in Tajikistan to Kabul

08:51, april 10, 2012

Russian demining teams launches operation to clear three training grounds in Tajikistan of UXOs

DUSHANBE, April 10, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Demining teams of the Russian military base in Tajikistan have launched an operation to clear three training grounds of the possible unexploded

16:01, april 9, 2012

SCO member nations to tighten fight against cyber terrorism

DUSHANBE, April 9, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The seventh session of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Security Councils secretaries will take place in Beijing, China on April 12.

14:12, april 9, 2012

Large consignment of narcotics seized in Sughd

DUSHANBE, April 9, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the Drug Control Agency (DCA)’s office for the northern Sughd province have reportedly seized a large consignment of narcotics.

11:07, april 6, 2012

First group of draftees from Isfara sent to serve in the army

ISFARA, April 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The first group of draftees from the northern district of Isfara numbering more than 50 people was sent to serve in the army yesterday.

10:30, april 6, 2012

CIS air defense coordinating committee meets in Dushanbe

DUSHANBE, April 6, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A meeting of the Air Defense Coordinating Committee under the CIS Council of Defense Ministers has opened in Dushanbe today.

11:15, april 5, 2012

Tajikistan drug situation review presented in Dushanbe yesterday

DUSHANBE, April 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Review of the Drug Situation in Tajikistan for 2011 was presented in Dushanbe on April 4.

14:57, april 2, 2012

Tajik representative attends 3rd SCO anti-drug meeting in Beijing

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Ms.

13:27, april 2, 2012

Ruqiya Qurbonova heads republican draft board

DUSHANBE, April 2, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A spring conscription campaign started in Tajikistan on April 1.

10:21, march 29, 2012

Counternarcotics interagency working group meeting opens in Tajik capital

DUSHANBE, March 29, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A two-day meeting of an Interagency Working Group (IWG) consisting of representatives of counternarcotics agencies of Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,

09:48, march 28, 2012

Afghanistan drug business moves toward Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, March 28, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Viktor Ivanov, the head of Russian''s Federal Narcotics Control Service visited Islamabad March 27 to discuss combating the illegal drug trade with his

16:56, march 27, 2012

Problems of countering illegal drug trafficking discussed in Moscow

DUSHANBE, March 27, 2012, Asia-Plus -- A joint meeting of working groups of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)’s Coordinating Council of Competent Bodies on Countering Illegal

09:59, march 26, 2012

Alleged criminal ringleader killed as grenade explodes in his hand

Alleged criminal leader has been killed as a hand grenade has exploded in his hand.

09:24, march 20, 2012

U.S. embassy continues support for Tajikistan’s special operation forces

DUSHANBE, March 20, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Office of Defense Cooperation of the U.S.

09:19, march 15, 2012

Spring conscription campaign starts

DUSHANBE, March 15, 2012, Asia-Plus -- On Wednesday March 14, President Emomali Rahmon signed a decree on drafting young Tajiks into the country’s armed forces from April through May 2012,

10:28, march 13, 2012

The Ministry of Defense organizes training courses for city mayors

DUSHANBE, March 13, 2012, Asia-Plus -- The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has organized training courses for city mayors on mobilization and organization of the territorial defense.

15:13, march 12, 2012

Tajikistan to host SCO joint anti-terror drill in June

DUSHANBE, March 12, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Tajikistan is expected to host the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) joint anti-terror drill, dubbed Peace Mission 2012, in June this year, the

13:37, march 7, 2012

Russian court chooses detention as preventive punishment for Tajik tycoon

DUSHANBE, March 7, 2012, Asia-Plus – The Shchyolkovo city court in Moscow blast has handed down ruling regarding Tajik businessman Nizomkhon Jourayev arrested in Moscow in 2010 on a warrant from

10:31, march 5, 2012

Drug peddler detained a Dushanbe airport

DUSHANBE, March 5, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Officers from the customs control at the Dushanbe airport on March 4 warded off an attempt by drug pushers to smuggle narcotics into Russia by plane, an

13:16, march 2, 2012

Tajik minister of defense, UK minister of state for armed forces sign cooperation agreement

DUSHANBE, March 2, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Talks between Tajik Minister of Defense Sherali Khairulloyev and visiting British Minister of State for the Armed Forces Nick Harvey that took place here

15:05, march 1, 2012

Russian president signs federal law on ratification of Tajik-Russian agreement

DUSHANBE, March 1, 2012, Asia-Plus -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed the Federal Law “On Ratification of the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tajikistan on

17:02, february 28, 2012