Tajikistan

  • Sep 16, 2021
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Central Asian blocs badly configured for Afghan crisis

A Russian-led security summit on Afghanistan and Central Asia will be joined by the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

Russia
  • Aug 26, 2021
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Tajik president breaks with consensus view of Taliban

As world leaders become resigned to Taliban rule, Tajikistan's president raises concerns about persecution and exclusion

Tajikistan
  • Jul 23, 2021
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Tajikistan's Afghan refugee plan is a major shift

A senior official in Tajikistan says planning is under way to host 100,000 Afghans if necessary

Tajikistan
  • Jul 20, 2021
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Russian-Uzbek wargames show rare unity on Afghanistan

Uzbekistan has decided to join Russian-led efforts to remind the Taliban who is in charge north of the Afghan border

Uzbekistan
  • Jul 13, 2021
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Russia and allies seek damage limitation with Taliban

Russia and three south-facing Central Asian states are making plans as the Taliban advance through northern Afghanistan

Central Asia
  • Jul 7, 2021
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Russia can only help ally Tajikistan in Afghan crisis

Foreign Minister Lavrov promises to help defend states on the Afghan border, but Tajikistan is Russia's only formal ally

Russia
  • Jul 5, 2021
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Taliban make swift Afghan advances as US forces leave

The Taliban's countrywide offensive is seemingly unstoppable as US forces leave Afghanistan to fend for itself

Afghanistan
  • Jun 23, 2021
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Russian-Tajik talks come as Afghan Taliban advance

Russia's top security official is visiting Tajikistan as the Taliban come close to the country's southern border

Central Asia