Tajikistan
A journalistic investigation revealed that corruption exists at Tajik-Uzbek border posts, and residents’ complaints about bribery by Tajik border guards are not groundless. (more…)
On January 10, 2022, electric cabs began to circulate on the streets of Dushanbe.
In December 2021, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon proposed to completely waive taxes and customs duties on imports of electric vehicles-electric cars, electric buses, trolleybuses, etc. (more…)
Three decades of economic and social transformations demonstrated that the processes of forming a market economy have not yet been completed in Tajikistan. Among the reasons are the low quality of institutions and human capital, as well as poor initial conditions formed long before 1991, a participant of the CABAR.asia School of Analytics Aziz Timurov believes.
In Tajikistan, the vaccination and revaccination campaign for children aged 12 and older began on January 15. Here’s why it’s important.
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Every year in Tajikistan, natural disasters cause a large number of fatalities and cause enormous economic damage. Experts believe that the authorities do not pay sufficient attention to disaster prevention.
The July 2021 mudslides in the Panjakent region killed 12 people, including four children. (more…)
The idea of creating a security belt around Afghanistan should be urgently implemented, said Umed Khakimov, a CABAR.asia analyst school participant. The initiative requires an urgent and timely response from the border states and Central Asian countries. (more…)
The death sentence has not been applied in Tajikistan since 2004. Then the country declared a moratorium on capital punishment. However, this does not mean abolition, at any time this type of punishment may return.
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During the clashes that swept Kazakhstan in early January 2022, tens of Kyrgyzstanis were detained. (more…)
In Tajikistan, as in other countries, there has been more discussion of autism in recent years. Official data on the number of people diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Central Asian countries are difficult to find. In Tajikistan, there is no data at all, as doctors do not officially make this diagnosis. There are also no specialists in state polyclinics that specialize in the treatment of ASD in the country. The only organization that works with children with autism is a non-governmental organization called Iroda (an initiative of parents of children with autism) which has specialists and is currently doing a lot to help people with this diagnosis. (more…)
The West did is not convinced by President Emomali Rahmon’s anti-Taliban rhetoric. (more…)