Tajikistan
Tajik borders tightened after deadly jailbreak
(AFP) - Twenty-five Islamic militants serving long jail terms in Tajikistan have escaped from prison, killing guards and sparking fears they could cross into neighbouring Afghanistan, officials said Monday.
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Iran wants cooperation with Afghanistan, Tajikistan
(AP) - Iran’s president called Thursday for a stronger alliance with other countries in the region straddling the Middle East and Central Asia, saying NATO-led troops have failed to restore peace in Afghanistan.
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President’s daughter, 16, ‘new face of Tajik TV’
(AFP) - The 16-year-old daughter of the president of Tajikistan started a new summer job this week, as a newsreader on national television, officials said Wednesday.
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U.S. to build troop training centre in Tajikistan - envoy
(AFP) - The United States plans to build a facility for training local troops in the ex-Soviet Central Asian state of Tajikistan, the US ambassador said here Friday.
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Polio outbreak spreads in Tajikistan, WHO warns
(Reuters) - A polio outbreak in Tajikistan has spread, with 108 confirmed cases among children, and more expected, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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Death toll from Tajikistan’s floods rises to 24
(AP) - The death toll from mudslides and floods that devastated southern Tajikistan late last week has risen to 24 and could increase further, emergency and local residents said Monday.
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Tajikistan to start polio vaccination campaign
(AP) - Health officials in Tajikistan will start a nationwide polio vaccination campaign Saturday in response to the first outbreak of the disease in the Central Asian country in over a decade.
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Tajikistan hit by deadly polio outbreak - WHO
(AFP) - The World Health Organisation said Friday that it was investigating a confirmed polio outbreak in Tajikistan which has killed 10 children and marked renewed spread of the disease in central Asia.
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Tajiks sink money into Soviet-style dam project
(AP) - When Abdullo Bobokhonov’s grandson was born in this Tajik village, he named the baby after a government-ordered hydroelectric dam and raised a small fortune to help fund it.
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Uzbek-Tajik dispute hinders Afghanistan supplies
(AP) - A dispute between two former Soviet republics in Central Asia has caused a bottleneck in the shipment of some nonmilitary supplies destined for U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, Tajik officials said Friday.
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