The Latest Breaking News from Tajikistan

‘We want the truth’: families of ethnic Pamiris killed in Tajikistan call for justice as tensions rise

Urgent protection for minority groups facing increased repression needed in crisis connected to escalating clashes across central Asian ex-Soviet region, say human rights groups

The Guardian - UK · Feb 4, 2022

Tajik authorities say 2 people killed in Thursday border clash with Kyrgyzstan

Two people were killed and 10 more injured, including six servicemen, during the Thursday clash on the Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border, Tajikistan's State Committee for National Security said on Friday.

Dynamite News · Jan 28, 2022

Tajikistan Says Two Dead after Clashes with Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan said Friday that two of its citizens were killed and 10 injured during overnight clashes at its contested border with Kyrgyzstan, where a ceasefire is now in place. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan said they had reached a ceasefire early Friday following the latest lethal flare up at the pair's contested…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 28, 2022

76 degrees below zero: Living through Tajikistan’s climate apocalypse

Last winter, temperatures in Alichur, Tajikistan and the surrounding areas nosedived to minus 140 degrees Fahrenheit. “The snow was very deep, and nine feet of ice shielded the ground — impossible for animals to graze. Many died of cold or starvation.”

Inverse · Jan 19, 2022

In Tajikistan, a deadly new type of climate crisis has already arrived

“We’d seen it coming for a few years, but last winter was the game-changer,” Bulbulov says. “Nothing’s been the same ever since.”

Inverse · Jan 18, 2022