Tajikistan Blocks YouTube, Steps Up Info Restrictions After Clashes
Authorities in Tajikistan are ramping up efforts to keep information about recent fighting in the mountainous east from getting out. Telephone and Internet connections to Gorno-Badakhshan, scene of...
View ArticleTajikistan Diary: Rumor-Bound in Badakhshan
“Khorog is safe now. You will have no problems going through there. Please send me a message after you get to Dushanbe so we know you are safe.” Twenty-two-year-old Matrop didn’t blink an eye as he...
View ArticleWhat’s Tajikistan Got to Hide? Info Blockade Continues
As Tajik authorities celebrate their success disarming rebels in the restive mountainous east, their tight control over information from the region is fostering skepticism that all is rosy in...
View ArticleTajikistan: Gorno-Badakhshan Rebel Leader Surrenders
Tajikistan’s most-wanted warlord has surrendered, according to state media reports. Last month, a hunt for Tolib Ayombekov in the eastern mountains left dozens dead, including at least 17 government...
View ArticleTajikistan: Gorno-Badakhshan Rally Turns Violent After Commander Assassinated
The overnight murder of a wheelchair-bound former opposition commander has set off mass protests in Tajikistan’s restive eastern mountains, scene of fighting between militants and government forces...
View ArticleTajikistan: Thousands Demand Government Troops Out of Restive East
Thousands of protestors have rallied overnight and through a second day in Tajikistan's restive eastern town of Khorog – scene of violent clashes between government troops and rebels last month –...
View ArticleTajikistan Begins Troop Withdrawal After Rallies in East
After some of the largest anti-government demonstrations since Tajikistan’s civil war, Dushanbe, officials say, has begun withdrawing troops from the eastern mountain town of Khorog, scene of fighting...
View ArticleTajikistan: Khorog Residents Want to Talk to President, Complain of Forced Fun
Tomorrow, President Imomali Rakhmon will begin his long-promised visit to the restive mountainous east, scene of fighting in July that killed dozens of government troops, rebels, and an unknown number...
View ArticleIn Tajikistan’s East, New Casualties Portend Tit-for-Tat Violence
Fresh fighting over the weekend in eastern Tajikistan has heightened fears that the mountainous region, home to a disaffected ethnic minority and lucrative drug-trafficking routes, faces another cycle...
View ArticleTajikistan: Mysterious Security Measures Provoke Jitters
Tajikistan’s security services have broken their usual silence to deny rumors that several members of the Alfa antiterrorist crack force have fled their post in the remote Gorno-Badakhshan province.The...
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