By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press Online, November 7, 2023The Foreign Ministry of Afghanistan has appointed a diplomat for the Afghan embassy in Tajikistan. The Ministry has recently issued a letter, and Afghanistan International has reported that it designates Faizullah as the First Secretary of the embassy. Based on this written communication, the Taliban has promised to also pay the unpaid salaries of Afghan embassy staff in Tajikistan for the past six months. Tajikistan has…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, October 13, 2023On Friday, the President of Russia issued a warning during a meeting of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Bishkek regarding the situation in Afghanistan. Vladimir Putin stated that significant threats emanate from Afghanistan, and Russia supports Tajikistan’s concerns regarding the threats from Afghanistan. He said, “I understand the rationality of supporting Tajikistan’s concerns about threats emanating from Afghan soil. The situation in that…
report in Khaama Press online, Sept 16, 2023Imam Ali Rahman, the President of Tajikistan, expressed concern during the fifth summit of Central Asian countries’ leaders, which took place in the city of Dushanbe. He voiced his concerns about the increasing threats of terrorism and drug trafficking from Afghanistan into Tajikistan. According to Sputnik News, Imam Ali Rahman reported that Tajik security forces thwarted a terrorist attack on the eve of Tajikistan’s Independence Day, launched from…
AFP report, Sept 7, 2023DUSHANBE: Tajikistan said on Wednesday that it had killed three members of a “terrorist group” who had infiltrated the country from neighbouring Afghanistan, the second such incident this year in the Central Asian nation. Tajikistan is a sparsely-populated, poor, mountainous ex-Soviet country where fears have risen that the return to power of the Taliban in its war-scarred southern neighbour could destabilise the country. “Three members of a terrorist organisation breached the…
report in ToloNews, Sept 4, 2023 at 8:29 PMFour common markets between the border areas of Afghanistan and Tajikistan were reopened after four years of being closed. According to local officials of Badakhshan, these common markets, which were closed four years ago due to the spread of COVID-19, have started to operate again with the understanding between the two countries. “With the discussion of the Ministry of Finance and the General Directorate of Customs, they…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online July 21, 2023 The President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, reiterated his support for forming an inclusive government in Afghanistan that would include representatives from all ethnic groups at the Gulf Cooperation Council-Central Asia Summit. Rahmon emphasized that the Taliban should recognize the freedom and rights of all ethnic groups and women in Afghanistan. “We support the formation of an all-inclusive government that represents all ethnic, political, and social…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 15, 2022The Prime Minister of Pakistan and the President of Tajikistan both underlined the imperative for an inclusive administration to be formed in Afghanistan, concurring that a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan is to the security, prosperity and development of the region. According to a statement from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tajik President, Emomali Rahmon paid a visit to Pakistan, upon an official invitation of the Pakistani…
report in Khaama Press, Nov 29, 2022The U.S Charge D’affairs, Karen Decker has confirmed her participation in the Herat Security Dialogue, a two day event by the Afghan institute of strategic studies in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The Herat Security Dialogue has been an annual pilgrimage since 2012; it is great to have an opportunity to exchange views on the situation in Afghanistan with representatives from Afghanistan, Tajikistan, regional countries, and the EU, Karen Decker tweeted. I…