June 29, 2026
With Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Pakistan having largely finished their portions, the $1.2 billion CASA-1000 line now hinges on Afghanistan, where construction has reached close to 75 per cent.
December 28, 2025
Taliban Deputy Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 14, 2021. — Reuters Tajik forces killed three suspected militants crossing from Afghanistan. The Taliban say they are conducting a joint investigation with Tajikistan. Kabul warns of attempts to damage bilateral ties. Afghan Taliban authorities said Saturday they were working with neighboring Tajikistan to investigate a border clash earlier this week that killed five people, including two Tajik guards. Tajikistan announced on Thursday that three members of a “terrorist” group had “illegally” crossed into the Central Asian country in Khatlon province, which borders Afghanistan.
December 25, 2025
A border guard stands on a bridge to Afghanistan across the Panj River at the Panji Poyon border post, south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan. — Reuters/File The fighters crossed from Afghanistan, resisted the orders. Arms, explosives were recovered from the attackers. Two Tajik border personnel were also killed in the operation. Tajikistan’s security forces have killed three armed militants who crossed into the country from Afghanistan and refused to lay down their arms. In a statement, the Press Center of the Border Troops of the State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan said that the incident occurred on December 23. “They
December 3, 2025
President of Tajikistan Emomali Rakhmon. PHOTO: REUTERS DUSHANBE: Tajikistan is in talks with Russia and a Moscow-led regional security group over the possibility of Russia deploying troops to jointly patrol the volatile border with Afghanistan, three Tajik security sources told Reuters on Tuesday. Five Chinese citizens were killed and five wounded near the border last week as a result of attacks from Afghanistan. Tajik President Emomali Rahmon held talks with his security chiefs on Monday about the situation, and China advised its citizens, who are involved in various mining and business activities, to leave the border area urgently. One of
December 1, 2025
A border guard stands on a bridge to Afghanistan across the Panj River at the Panji Poyon border post, south of Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 31, 2008. — Reuters China advises companies and personnel to evacuate the border area. The embassy says Chinese citizens were targeted in an armed attack on Sunday. Another border attack on Friday killed three civilians: the embassy. Five Chinese nationals were killed and five others wounded in Tajikistan in attacks launched from neighboring Afghanistan last week, Tajik authorities and the Chinese embassy in the Central Asian country said on Monday. China’s embassy in Dushanbe, the capital,
November 15, 2025
. Water in Tajikistan’s Nurek Reservoir (seen here in March 2024) has fallen sharply since late 2024. Photo: AFP (file) DUSHANBE: Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are facing an energy crisis as water levels have plummeted in the reservoirs that feed their largest hydroelectric plants, officials said this week. The two landlocked Central Asian countries depend heavily on hydropower. Both use huge Soviet hydroelectric plants for their domestic electricity production. The water level in the reservoir connected to Tajikistan’s Nurek power plant has dropped by 2.47 meters (8.1 feet) in the past year, the state utility company told AFP on Friday. Tajikistan’s
April 13, 2025
A earthquake measuring scale reading the intensity of an earthquake in this image. – AFP/file Myanmar, which is already unfolding with the widespread destruction by a recent earthquake and Papua New Guinea was again hit by a mediocre -magnitude seismic on Sunday, while Takikistan also felt the horrors. A 5.6 earthquake struck Myanmar, said the European Seismological Center of the Mediterranean (EMSC), as the nation that hit the crisis mourned thousands of deaths in the midst of the feast that marks the beginning of the Water Festival. According to the seismological center, the earthquake was 35 kilometers deep (21.75 miles).
April 7, 2025
The sun rises behind the pillars of electricity near Chester, northern England October 24, 2011 – Reuters Dushanbe: Tajikistan has introduced 10 -year prison sentences for the illegal use of electricity, as an energy crisis caused by water deficiencies is exacerbated in the poor country of Central Asia. Electricity consumption in Tajikistan is limited for about six months a year, as the outdated energy infrastructure of racing to keep up with increasing demand. The country’s Ministry of Energy and Water Resources announced measures on the introduction of “criminal responsibility for violations of regulations on the use of electricity”. In a
Energy Minister Awais Leghari and Tajikistan’s Minister of Energy and Water Resources Juma Daler Shofaqir co-chairing the seventh meeting of the Pakistan-Tajikistan Joint Commission in Islamabad, December 11, 2024. — PID The first Memorandum of Cooperation between KP, Khatlon, Tajikistan. Minister Leghari to set up transit trade committee. Hopes for speedy completion of CASA-1000 energy project. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Azerbaijan have pledged to enhance bilateral cooperation in many fields as both countries on Wednesday signed two landmark memoranda of understanding (MoUs) and protocols. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Tajikistan in July this year, with several MoUs signed between the two
Islamabad: The National Logistics Corporation (NLC) has achieved another major milestone in boosting the country’s regional trade with the Central Asian state of Tajikistan by successfully transporting an export consignment of potatoes from Pakistan to Dushanbe. The NLC has effectively expanded its trade reach with another key Central Asian country, with a convoy of NLC trucks arriving in Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe after covering more than 1,400 kilometers (km), according to an official source. National Logistics Cell trucks completed the journey from Okara and Rahim Yar Khan to Dushanbe in just seven days. A special ceremony was held at Dushanbe Customs
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