OSH, Kyrgyzstan (TCA) — Early in September, Tajikistan will mark a quarter-century of independence that followed the implosion of the USSR in

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Muhiddin Kabiri, the leader of Tajikistan's banned Islamic Renaissance Party (IRPT), has been added to Interpol’s wanted list on

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan authorities say they detained several people suspected of illegal oil sales during a large-scale security operation in

ASTANA (TCA) — Authorities in Kazakhstan say they have detained 16 suspected members of a banned Islamic group during a major security operation

BISHKEK (TCA) — The Chinese authorities have imposed 15 new restrictions, including banning burqas and veils, as well as "abnormal" beards, in

ASTANA (TCA) — At his meeting with Kazakhstan’s Spiritual Board of the Muslims on April 19, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev spoke about

DUSHANBE (TCA) — An unprecedented wave of terrorism and extremism urges us all to seek for the most efficient ways and roadmaps to eliminate

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Authorities in Tajikistan have barred citizens under the age of 40 from performing this year's annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca,

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The foreign-based independent website Chronicles of Turkmenistan reports that officers from the 22nd motor rifle division of the

BISHKEK (TCA) — The following article by Timur Toktonaliev, originally published by ...

DUSHANBE (TCA) — This week Tajikistan marked the 20th anniversary of the end of the country’s civil war between the government and Islamic

DUSHANBE (TCA) — After authorities in Tajikistan banned the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in 2015, hundreds of Tajik opposition members

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon has urged people in the predominantly Muslim country not to wear beards or hijabs, RFE/RL's

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan has set up a commission to promote clothing the government deems appropriate for citizens of the Central Asian

DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan has accused Iran of backing high-profile killings during the Tajik civil war in the 1990s, including the

DUSHANBE (TCA) — The Tajik state is becoming more authoritarian, with authorities laying down rules on many aspects of the people’s life which

BISHKEK (TCA) — Authorities in China are taking tough measures against what they say are Uighur separatists and extremists in Xinjiang, but the

ASTANA (TCA) — Minister of Religious Affairs and Civil Society Nurlan Yermekbayev at a press conference on August 28 commented on the situation

BISHKEK (TCA) — A court in Kyrgyzstan has found a journalist guilty of inciting religious hatred in a book, and sentenced him to four years in

ASTANA (TCA) — As Islamist extremism and terrorism is becoming a serious challenge in Kazakhstan, threatening with cyberattacks, the government