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Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have completed the withdrawal of their military units from border areas as part of an agreed pullback following a series of deadly clashes last week.
Both sides have reported calm on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border as a day-old cease-fire appeared to be holding and more than 40 people were being mourned from some of the worst clashes in decades on their disputed frontier.
Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have agreed to a troop pullback and what they termed a complete cease-fire following some of the worst clashes in decades along a section of disputed border that left more than 40 people dead, including civilians, and dozens wounded.
A cease-fire appeared to be holding in the restive border area between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan after Kyrgyz officials said 13 of the country's citizens were killed in clashes with Tajiks, who appear to have recorded fewer casualties.
Clashes between local residents along a disputed segment of the Kyrgyz-Tajik border left at least three people dead in the volatile region before a truce was announced by both sides.
A Tajik court has sentenced nine people for smuggling large amounts of gold and cash from Dushanbe to Dubai and Istanbul, in a case that has been closely watched in Tajikistan.
Tajik authorities say they didn't issue a passport that was allegedly used in 2014 by a Russian agent implicated in a deadly arms depot explosion in the Czech Republic.
An imam at a Dushanbe mosque has been detained on extremism charges after he called a late Islamic cleric "one of great leaders of the country."
The wife of a suspected terrorist in Tajikistan, whose confession was shown on television nationwide, says her husband's admission of guilt was coerced by investigators.
A man suspected of theft has died after officials say he "jumped" out of a police building in Tajikistan.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon has assured residents of the country’s volatile Vorukh exclave within Kyrgyzstan that it will not be part of any land swap between the neighboring countries as they seek a solution to halt border disputes that frequently turn violent.
Jailed Tajik opposition veteran Hikmatullo Saifullozoda has reportedly been moved to a prison hospital after the 70-year-old is said to have shown signs of heart trouble.
A deputy health minister in Tajikistan has been dismissed after confusing North and South Korea and forgetting the names of UNICEF and World Health Organization (WHO) representatives alongside him at a press conference in Dushanbe.
Officials at Russia's Education Ministry say the return of Tajik students to universities in Russia remains on hold due to coronavirus restrictions despite others being allowed to come back.
Once one of Tajikistan's most influential businessmen, Rajabali Odinaev, who is serving a 28-year prison term on embezzlement charges many consider to be politically motivated, has undergone stomach surgery after his health deteriorated.
Her family came to Russia after fleeing civil war in Tajikistan, and now she will represent her adopted country at the Eurovision Song Contest in May. Manizha's unlikely journey to the finals in Rotterdam has also included social activism and a role as a UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador.
A Tajik district near the Afghan border is preparing local hunters and others to “take up arms” against militants that might come from Afghanistan as fighting between the Afghan Army and the Taliban intensifies.
A Tajik district near the Afghan border is preparing local hunters and others to "take up arms" against militants that might come from Afghanistan as fighting between Afghan troops and the Taliban intensifies.
Tajik-born singer and UNHCR goodwill ambassador Manizha has been picked to represent Russia at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
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