Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Poverty and social stigma contribute to high re-offending rate among women released from jail. Salimakhon Vahobzade in Dushanbe (RCA No. 597, 02-Dec-09)
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
BY KONSTANTIN PARSHIN For more than a decade Tajikistan and Uzbekistan have had a rocky relationship. But now, following an announcement by Tashkent that it is withdrawing from the Central Asian electricity grid, bilateral ties may take a dangerous nosedive.
Global Security (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The council of the defense ministers of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose association of post-Soviet countries, will meet in Dushanbe on Tuesday, the Tajik Defense Ministry said.
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
The council of the defense ministers from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), a loose association of post-Soviet countries, will meet in Dushanbe on Tuesday
Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Defense Minister-led Delegation has left for Dushanbe.
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
After months of turbulence in relations with Russia, the Tajik leader seems to have smoothed things over and gained significant concessions. By Daler Gufronov in Dushanbe (RCA No. 594, 06-Nov-09)
Eurasianet (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
When it comes to the use of child labor to help bring in Tajikistan’s cotton crop, the government’s heart may be in the right place. Officials in Dushanbe have tried to prohibit the practice. But practical circumstances in the impoverished Central Asian nation mean that children are still found out in the fields during the harvest season.
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Tajik authorities’ tactics for dealing with foreign Islamic groups under scrutiny. By Lola Olimova in Dushanbe (30-Oct-09)
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
The flow of Afghan refugees to Tajikistan could grow, the United Nations refugee agency representative in the Central Asian country said on Friday, calling on Dushanbe to continue to help those in need.
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Energy-saving bulbs are too expensive for most people, and should never have been imposed by decree, say critics of new scheme. By Lola Olimova and Nafisa Pisaredjeva in Dushanbe (RCA No. 590, 07-Oct-09)
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Critics warn effort to make Tajik compulsory discriminates against those who mainly speak Russian. Nafisa Pisaredjeva in Dushanbe (RCA No. 590, 03-Oct-09)
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 09/26/2009
Experts fear Tablighi Jamaat missionary organisation may be further radicalised after mass detentions. By Nargiz Hamrabaeva in Dushanbe (RCA No. 588, 25-Sep-09)
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/08/2009
DUSHANBE: Terrorism emanating from the Afghanistan-Central Asia region figured prominently in the talks between President Pratibha Patil and her Tajikistan counterpart, Emomali Rahmon, here on Monday. The President brought up the 26/11 ...
Hindu (Free subscription) | 09/06/2009
Dushanbe: President Pratibha Patil arrived here on Sunday on the second leg of her two-nation tour of Russia and Tajikistan. There is considerable buzz around her visit with the Indian side describing it as a part of its ...
Institute for War & Peace Reporting (Free subscription) | 08/15/2009
Election next spring will replicate the governing party’s dominant position, leaving only a few seats for its rivals. By Lola Olimova, Nafisa Pisaredjeva and Talabsho Salomov in Dushanbe (RCA No. 586, 15-Aug-09)
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