Tajikistan
Analysis: For Russia, U.S. Afghan exit creates security threat on southern flank
By Tom Balmforth and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber MOSCOW (Reuters) - The U.S. exit from Afghanistan is a headache for Moscow which...
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Tajikistan asks Russia-led bloc for help on Afghan border
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tajikistan on Wednesday called on members of a Russian-led military bloc to help it deal with security...
Read moreTajikistan asks Russian-led military bloc to help it deal with Afghan fallout- RIA
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Tajikistan on Wednesday called on members of a Russian-led military bloc to help it deal with security...
Read moreTajikistan takes in over 1,000 Afghan refugees
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Tajikistan has taken in more than 1,000 civilian refugees fleeing the violence in Afghanistan's Badakhshan province across...
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Hundreds of Afghan servicemen flown back from Tajikistan – Tajik security source
DUSHANBE (Reuters) - Almost 300 Afghan servicemen who crossed the border into Tajikistan while retreating from Taliban militants were flown...
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Russia says Afghan situation can swiftly worsen, pledges help if needed
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the situation in Afghanistan had a tendency to...
Read moreRussia drills attack helicopters, pledges help to secure Tajik-Afghan border
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian military helicopters based in Tajikistan fired air-to-surface missiles during a training exercise on Tuesday as Moscow...
Read moreServicemen who fled Taliban to Tajikistan being brought back to fight -Afghan gov’t
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan security personnel who fled into Tajikistan are being brought back to rejoin the fight against Taliban...
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Tajikistan calls up reservists to bolster border as Afghan troops, fleeing Taliban, seek refuge
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan/KABUL (Reuters) -Tajikistan's president on Monday ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan...
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Afghan forces plan counteroffensive in northern provinces- adviser
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Government forces plan a counteroffensive in Afghanistan's northern provinces after losing ground to the Taliban, Russia's RIA news...
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