Tajikistan

Tajikistan Says 19 Dead in Border Clashes With Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan on Thursday said 19 of its nationals died in last week's border clashes with Kyrgyzstan, the first time it has reported its toll of the violence.

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Kyrgyzstan Says Seized Tajik Border Post During Heavy Fighting

Kyrgyzstan said Thursday that it "seized" a border post belonging to Central Asian neighbor Tajikistan during the worst fighting at their disputed border in years.

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Germany arrests 5 Tajiks in suspected ISIS cell planning attacks on US forces

German police arrested five Tajik nationals on suspicion that they were members of an ISIS cell that had been planning attacks on US forces

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Tajikistan security forces killed in border clashes blamed on ISIS

Tajikistan said Islamic State fighters who crossed the border from Afghanistan were behind a clash with security forces that left 17 people dead

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ISIS-claimed Tajikistan attack that killed 4 led by proscribed Islamist party member: police

Police in Tajikistan appeared to blame a banned Islamist party for an attack claimed by ISIS that left four tourists dead and was originally reported as a hit-and-run road accident

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Uzbekistan and Tajikistan: No more dam problems?

A cold war between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan over water access has ended, possibly opening the region to investment and integration

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Tajikistan and Uzbekistan to study and schedule border demining

Tajikistan and Uzbekistan look set to demine their shared border, Tajikistan's border service, as the central Asian neighbours look to roll back more than two decades of hostile relations

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Tajikistan pardons more than 100 citizens who returned from Syria and Iraq

Tajikistan has pardoned more than 100 of its nationals following their return home from Syria and Iraq, where they had joined radical Islamist groups, the interior minister said

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