DUSHANBE -- Tajik men will be able to legally avoid serving their mandatory two-year stint in the country's armed forces by paying a fee to the Defense Ministry. A government resolution enforcing ...

EADaily, February 18th, 2026. The murder of Tajik border guards and Chinese workers is a provocation aimed at undermining Tajik—Chinese relations. This was stated at a press conference by the ...

Rahmon surfaced after an apparent 17-day absence on February 14. His stepping out of the limelight stirred up rumors of ill ...

Forty-eight-year-old Izzat Amon has spent half his life helping Tajik migrant laborers in Russia. On March 25, Russian authorities detained Amon and forcibly returned him to Tajikistan, where he faces ...

Over the centuries, the Tajiks have adapted their dressing, eating and living habits to the highland conditions. Men wear collarless long jackets with belts, on top of which they add sheepskin ...

Some 1.6 million Tajik citizens have entered Russia to work so far this year, new government data from Moscow show. It’s a figure that many observers had suspected but had never before been reflected ...

Speaking at the ceremony, Salehi-Amiri stated that the Persian language serves as a fundamental pillar of the cultural identity for both nations, CHTN reported. "Today is a blessed day for the two ...

A Belarussian border guard opens the gate at a border crossing with Poland, near the village of Pererov, some 320 km (200 miles) southwest of Minsk (October 20, 2013). Credit: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko ...

Clashes prompted by dispute over water resources Fighting escalates from rock-throwing to mortar shelling Sides say they've agreed to cease hostilities BISHKEK, April 29 (Reuters) - At least six ...

August 1 marks the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). Recently, the Global Times participated in the "Big Country Borderland" project launched by ...