Tajikistan

Focus

First Gushtingiri World Championships draw global crowds to Dushanbe

In partnership with IGGF

In this episode of Focus, we attend the inaugural World Gushtingiri Championships in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

06/09/2024

Tajikistan

Why did Muslim-majority Tajikistan ban the hijab?

The ban on headscarves in Tajikistan is seen as a reflection of the political line that the government of president-for-life Emomali Rahmon has been pursuing since 1997.

24/06/2024

Sport

Judo Grand Slam: day one at Dushanbe

All the latest developments of the Judo Grand Slam 2024.

03/05/2024

Tajikistan

9 detained in Tajikstan over Moscow concert hall shooting

The reported arrests come a week after the attack on concert hall outside of Moscow, where 144 people were killed.

30/03/2024

Destinations

These remote mountains in Central Asia are a hiker’s paradise

The landlocked country in Central Asia is home to some of the highest mountains of the world, which remain unknown to the crowds flocking to Everest.

14/11/2023

Sport

Delight as Tajikistan strikes triple gold in Dushanbe

Komronshokh Ustopiriyon made it three golds in three days for the host nation at the inaugural Dushanbe Grand Prix

04/06/2023

Sport

Epic Tajik Judo final in Dushanbe

All Tajik final delights home fans on day two of the inaugural Dushanbe Judo Grand Prix

03/06/2023

Sport

Judo-loving Tajikistan is victorious at its first-ever Grand Prix

Ecstatic crowds in the Tajikistan capital Dushanbe as the judo-loving country hosted its first-ever Grand Prix

02/06/2023

Partner content

Dushanbe - a city that combines antiquity and modernity

Partner content presented by Dushanbe

Dushanbe is the capital and the largest city of Tajikistan, a country of rare natural beauty.

26/09/2022

No Comment

Ruling party in Tajikistan expected to sweep parliamentary election

The ruling party of President Emomali Rakhmon is expected to sweep the parliamentary election in Tajikistan, with only one genuine opposition party taking part and the former main opposition banned.

01/03/2020

Tajikistan

Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly attack in Tajikistan

Its claim runs counter to a statement by the Tajik government which accused a banned Islamist opposition party of being behind the attack.

31/07/2018

Tajikistan

Four western cyclists killed in Tajikistan hit-and-run

A hit-and-run driver killed four foreign cyclists in Tajikistan in what may have been a terrorist act.

30/07/2018

Tajikistan

Murder of crows spreads fear in Tajikistan

While the scene looks menacing, scientists say it is a natural phenomenon

30/10/2017

Tajikistan

Tajik parliament paves way to life presidency for Imomali Rakhmon

Over 20 years after he was first elected president, Imomali Rakhmon has tightened his grip on power in Tajikistan. Parliament has approved

22/01/2016

Tajikistan

Tajik authorities find guns, arrest 14 in swoop on former minister's supporters

Tajikistan’s former deputy defence minister is on the run after security forces stormed an isolated gorge near the capital and confiscated a large

07/09/2015

Tajikistan

Tajikistan: Ex-deputy minister blamed for clashes that leave 17 dead

At least eight policemen and nine militants were killed in Tajikistan on Friday in attacks authorities have blamed on forces loyal to the

05/09/2015

Tajikistan

No comment after internet black out ahead of Tajikistan presidential elections

06/11/2013

World

President Emomali Rahmon: There is no short-cut to democracy

30/03/2012