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Tajikistan readies defences along its Afghanistan borderAmid rising tensions, Tajikistan is fortifying its border with Afghanistan, supported by the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO)...
Beijing promises joint facility, but builds full army base in TajikistanChina may have deceived Tajikistan by establishing a full-scale military base near the Tajik-Afghan border, instead of a joint counter-terr...
How ISIS-K leader forged one of Islamic State's most fearsome groupsIslamic State has claimed responsibility for Friday's mass shooting at a concert hall near Moscow that killed at least 137 people. U.S. off...
NSA Doval meets Tajik, Uzbek counterparts a day before regional talks on AfghanistanThe two meetings assume significance as both Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are neighbours of Afghanistan and have been worried about any migrat...
Anti-Taliban leader Ahmad Masoud visits Iran to stitch allianceAhmad Masoud, an ethnic Tajik and the son of legendary military commander Ahmad Shah Masoud, is reportedly carrying a message of Tajik Pres...
Pakistan PM Imran says he ‘initiated a dialogue' with Taliban for inclusive Afghan govtThe Taliban seized power in Afghanistan on August 15, two weeks before the US' complete troop withdrawal on August 31 after a costly two-de...
Tajikistan sends stern message to Taliban on minorities in governmentRahmon, who has ruled Tajikistan for over two decades, is of the opinion that “it is necessary to create an inclusive government with the p...
In a message to Taliban, Tajikistan honours Ahmed Shah MassoudTajikistan, strategically placed in Central Asia, on Thursday awarded its highest distinction to former Afghan defence minister Massoud and...
View: Is a ‘National Reconciliation’ possible in Afghanistan?After remaining in a lull for a couple of years the Afghan political stalemate is escalating again following the NATO’s withdrawal of troop...
Russia to help Tajikistan build outpost on Afghan border: ReportRussia operates a military base in Tajikistan, a fellow ex-Soviet republic, whose government has expressed concern about the rapidly deteri...
Tajikistan tests combat readiness as Taliban advancesThe Taliban in recent weeks have brought huge swathes of Afghanistan under their control as foreign troops draw down, including the main Sh...
Russia drills attack helicopters, pledges help to secure Tajik-Afghan borderTajik President Emomali Rakhmon on Monday ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan aft...
Taliban wins close consulates; Tajikistan reinforces borderThe Afghan military exodus comes as Taliban overrun most districts in northeastern Badakhshan province. Many of the districts collapsed wit...
Pakistan intelligence planning to launch war through Taliban: AfghanistanPakistan’s intelligence agency has summoned the Taliban’s shadow governors and commanders to plan for a spring offensive in Afghanistan, Na...
Jaishankar calls on Tajikistan Speaker; discusses parliamentary support for Indo-Tajik cooperationTajikistan shares a 1,400-km-long porus border with Afghanistan and has immense geo-strategic significance for India which has been providi...
After Ram Nath Kovind’s Tajikistan trip, India hopes to expand strategic presence at Ayni baseIndia, Russia and Tajikistan agreed in 2002 to operate Ayni on a rotational basis once construction work at the air base was completed.
India airlifts military hospital to Tajikistan to strengthen geo-strategic footprint in Central AsiaIn the 1990s, India had run a famous field hospital at Farkor on the Tajik-Afghan border to treat wounded fighters from the then Northern A...