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CAFA Cup football: India's Khalid Jamil era begins with a fighting 2-1 win over Tajikistan

August 30, 2025 11:17 am

Over the course of the rest of the match, India resisted wave after wave of attacks, let in a goal, conceded a penalty that goalkeeper and captain Gurpreet Singh Sandhu saved, headed, kicked and willed the ball clear and finished on the right side of a 2-1 scoreline.

Tajikistan's chief mufti injured in attack in Dushanbe mosque

September 12, 2024 12:14 am

The attacker was detained, and authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.

Two Tajik women in headscarves negotiating over bread.

Tajikistan hijab ban: With 90% Muslim population, why this decision was made

June 26, 2024 11:02 pm

Tajikistan's President Emomali Rahmon has earlier described the hijab as “foreign clothing” and taken steps to minimise the visibility of public religiosity. It is deeply linked to his politics and grip on power.

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An Islamic State terror group draws half its recruits from tiny Tajikistan

April 18, 2024 9:33 pm

Tajik adherents of the Islamic State group — especially within its affiliate in Afghanistan known as the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), or ISIS-K — have taken increasingly high-profile roles in a string of recent terrorist attacks.

Tajikistan says migrants fleeing Russia after concert hall attack

March 30, 2024 3:56 pm

Tajikistan detained nine people this week suspected of having links to the mass shooting and also to the militant Islamist State group that claimed responsibility, a Tajik security source told Reuters.

People line up to lay flowers at a makeshift memorial to the victims of a shooting attack set up outside the Crocus City Hall concert venue in the Moscow Region

9 detained in Tajikistan in relation to Moscow concert hall attack: Report

March 29, 2024 5:13 pm

Those detained are also suspected of having connections with the Islamic State group, according to RIA Novosti.

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SCO meet: India must not miss an opportunity to improve relations with Pakistan

January 25, 2023 11:12 pm

Multilateral settings are often viewed as opportunities for countries with problematic relations to find a way forward

India accords highest priority to Central Asia, ready to cooperate, invest in region: Ajit Doval at NSA meet

December 06, 2022 11:09 am

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, addressing his counterparts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan in a high-level security meeting, said the "existence of terrorist networks in the region, including in Afghanistan, is a matter of deep concern."

A distracted Russia is losing its grip on its old Soviet sphere

October 08, 2022 11:12 am

Moscow has lost its aura and its grip, creating a disorderly vacuum that previously obedient former Soviet satraps, as well as China, are moving to fill.