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A train belonging to the Tajik state railway company has derailed in Uzbekistan's southwestern Jizzakh Province, injuring dozens.
In the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, three people were killed and three injured following a crash during nighttime car races that often include the children of the country's elite.
The chief of Tajikistan's Central Election and Referendums Commission said the original October 7 deadline was moved back to October 10 after the Communist, Socialist, and Democratic parties all complained they had not been given enough time to collect supporter signatures under the original cutoff.
Tajik authorities in the capital, Dushanbe, say some 500 stray dogs were caught and destroyed last month amid a wave of residents' complaints over the growing number of feral canines roaming the city.
The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has opened a mission in Dushanbe to monitor the presidential election on November 6.
The Tajik parliament's lower chamber has ratified an agreement allowing Russian troops to stay in the country until 2042.
An opposition Tajik presidential candidate, Oinihol Bobonazarova, has accused the police of interfering in her campaign.
A Tajik opposition figure wanted by Dushanbe on charges of involvement in a $1.2 million fraud case has reportedly been released from a detention center in Dubai.
A former director of a coal mine in Tajikistan's eastern district of Rasht has been brought to Dushanbe for questioning in connection with the shooting death of his successor earlier this month.
The president of Tajikistan has asked lawmakers to ratify a deal extending the stay of 7,000 Russian troops at the 201st Division in Tajikisan.
Registration for Tajikistan's mid-November presidential election has officially started.
A leading Tajik opposition figure and businessman has gone on trial in Dushanbe.
A 37-year-old woman in Dushanbe has been detained for allegedly helping recruit and send men to fight in jihadist groups.
Tajikistan's first female presidential candidate says that, if elected, she would lead the country only for a transition period while reforms are implemented.
A coalition of Tajik opposition groups has nominated rights activist Oinihol Bobonazarova to be their candidate for president in elections scheduled for this November.
Opposition parties in Tajikistan claim that local authorities are requesting lists of their activists in an effort to target them.
The director of a coal mine in Tajikistan's eastern district of Rasht has been found murdered.
A prominent Tajik opposition journalist has been detained in Georgia. Dodojon Atovulloev told RFE/RL by phone that he was stopped at passport control on August 20 and is being held in Tbilisi's airport after arriving from the Czech Republic.
Tajik President Emomali Rahmon said his country's parliament will ratify an agreement that extends Russia's military presence in Tajikistan until 2042.
Tajik officials say the body of Uzbek diaspora leader Salim Shamsiddinov may have been found in a river in neighboring Uzbekistan.
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