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TASHKENT (TCA) — Uzbekistan’s Foreign Minister Abdulaziz Kamilov has said his country has no plans to rejoin the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — a post-Soviet security alliance of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, which means that Uzbekistan’s policy towards the Russia-led bloc would remain the same despite a leadership change in Tashkent. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Tajikistan’s authorities say that four close relatives of a former police commander who joined the Islamic State (IS) extremist group in 2015 have been killed in a clash with security forces, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reported. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — Kyrgyzstan, especially its southern part in the Fergana Valley shared with Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, faces a potential threat of extremism and terrorism that may spill over into the country from neighboring Afghanistan. In this situation, it is a vital issue for Bishkek to strengthen its armed forces in the south of the country, including with Russia’s help and even military presence. We are republishing this article by Joshua Kucera on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — The security situation in Afghanistan remains "intensely volatile," according to a new report by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reports. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — To improve legitimate flow of people and goods and enhance counter trafficking capacity, UNDP’s EU-BOMNAF Project recently completed construction of a new facility for passport control, registration, customs inspection, and vehicle search as part of an upgrade project of the Border Crossing Point (BCP) at Aqina, in Faryab Province, northwest Afghanistan, on the Afghanistan-Turkmenistan border, the Delegation of the European Union to Tajikistan said on June 19. Continue reading
DUSHANBE (TCA) — Under the pretext of combating extremism and terrorism, authorities in Tajikistan are now intruding into people’s homes to check whatever they want and deem suspicious or prohibited. We are republishing this article on the issue, originally published by EurasiaNet.org: Continue reading
