Tajikistan

The Commerce Bank of Tajikistan is one of the more recent additions to Faroz’s business empire. The bank was founded in 2002 as a microcredit lender in the city of…

Earlier this month, Tajikistan was once again the site of a violent incident swiftly attributed by the government to the Islamic State, which later claimed responsibility. But details are few,…

Rows of sturdy, almost unnervingly elegant poplars line the river Gunt, which divides the town of Khorog, Tajikistan in half until it flows into the neighbouring Panj. The Panj eventually…

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with the leaders of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan, Sadyr Japarov of Emomali Rahmon, on Thursday in Astana to discuss the border conflict between two Central…

Doha: HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani will lead Qatar’s delegation to the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA) to…

From October 31, the Moscow Exchange will launch trading in the Kyrgyz som and Tajik somoni. This was reported to RB.RU in the press service of the site. Moscow exchange…

What explains the dramatic escalation of violence along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border? In mid-September, the long-running border dispute between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan exploded into a new phase. The escalation of violence…

As tensions between Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan flared, Moscow and Beijing chose to remain on the sidelines. Last month, soldiers from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan exchanged gunfire along several points of the…

Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can…

Both sides are accusing one another of secretly returning troops and weapons to the contested border. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have once again traded accusations of covertly mustering their armed forces…