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Friday, October 16, 2015 - 07:03
The leaders of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) have signed 17 agreements, including a statement on combating international terrorism and an agreement on military cooperation through 2020.
Friday, October 16, 2015 - 06:59
Germany says it will close its air base in Uzbekistan, shutting the last Western military installation in former Soviet Central Asia.
Thursday, October 15, 2015 - 07:07
Turkmen Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov is leading a delegation to Washington for talks on October 15, but this year's annual consultations between officials from the United States and Turkmenistan are of a different character.
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 06:38
Amnesty International says two of its delegates have been detained when trying to enter Azerbaijan and then expelled from the country.
Thursday, October 8, 2015 - 06:32
Russia has announced that it will deploy attack and military-transport helicopters to beef up its military presence in Tajikistan amid rising insecurity in northern Afghanistan.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 06:52
Turkmenistan's president has reshuffled his top security officials amid a flare up in fighting on the Central Asian country's border with Afghanistan.
Thursday, September 24, 2015 - 06:49
A group of around 1,500 Chechen, Uzbek, and Tajik fighters in Syria has pledged allegiance to Al-Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front, a group monitoring the war said September 23.
Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - 06:53
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will help Tajikistan ensure stability after recent violence there left more than 20 dead, stoking fresh fears of unrest in the former Soviet state.
Wednesday, September 9, 2015 - 06:53
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has condemned an ongoing crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015 - 06:46
Tajik officials say eight police officers and nine alleged assailants have been killed in attacks in and around the capital, in attacks the government blamed on a deputy defense minister.