More: Tajikistan
New ISIS Strategy and the Resurgence of Islamic State Khorasan
Unlike Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, the second late leader of ISIS, who was derided as a “secluded paper caliph” and “an unknown nobody” for...
New Project in Tajikistan to Offer Protection Against Natural Hazards
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today a $50 million IDA grant for the Tajikistan Preparedness and Resilience to Disasters Project, which...
Central Asia Needs to Promote Women Politicians
Hidden from the world’s attention, with its five “stans” and 79 million people, Central Asia has been a region of democratic growth after the...
Tajikistan’s Energy Sector to Benefit from World Bank Support
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors approved today additional grant financing of $65 million in support of the Second Phase of the Nurek...
IEA launches cross-border electricity trading roadmap for Tajikistan
By further developing their regional electricity grid, Tajikistan and its neighbours can make full use of their infrastructure and resources, thereby maximising the potential...
Tajikistan’s Green and Resilient Recovery Agenda Central to World Bank Support
Tajikistan’s continued focus on priority reforms to foster green and resilient post-pandemic recovery was the focus of the discussion today between World Bank Vice...
How Taliban Victory Inspired Central Asian Jihadists
Following the fall of the US-backed Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani on August 15, al-Qaeda-linked Uighur, Uzbek and Tajik jihadi groups widely celebrated the...
Saleh Turns to Rahmon to Save Tajiks in Afghanistan
The situation in Afghanistan has dramatically changed over the past week. After the recent impetuous attacks, militants of the Taliban captured the entire territory...
Afghanistan Crisis: Security Problems for Russia and Central Asian States
The article was originally published in Russian on August, 10—before the hasty U.S. military withdrawal and the subsequent takeover of the country and its...
The Turkish Konrul: How Ankara Uses the Turkic Council to Re-Engage in Central Asia
The countries of Central Asia — Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan — are divided between the remaining influence of Russia, the heir of...