Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 06:43
Since the end of the Tajik civil war in the 1990s, Emomali Rahmon has ruled his country with an iron fist. The U.S. has mostly ignored the rising repression in Tajikistan. Rahmon's commitment to the West’s so-called war on terror has all but guaranteed Washington’s silence about his tyrannical practices. When the United States invaded Afghanistan, Rahmon opened his country's airspace to the U.S.-led coalition and provided it with logistic collaboration. In return, Washington secured Rahmon's power by making him stronger than ever before.
