Tajikistan
The followers of the Taliban movement (banned in Tajikistan and other countries of Central Asia) invaded the customs and commercial entry point of Sherkhan-Bandar on June 21 on the border with Tajikistan. The position of the governmental forces in Badakhshan province on the border with Tajikistan worsened, as well. According to Tajikistan, thousands of Afghan refugees can follow.
According to unofficial data, over a thousand of Tajikistanis had arrived in Kyrgyzstan via Batken region before the pandemic every day both via the checkpoint and via uncontrolled locations in villages. They came to earn money, for treatment and recreation. However, bilateral relations stopped after the armed conflicts in spring of 2021.
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Discrepancies in the official statistics of the two states for 10 years are estimated as more than 116 million dollars, which is one-fifth of the entire trade for all these years. According to experts, this is just a small amount of undeclared commodities.
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Central Asian governments should strengthen measures to diversify labor migration routes, participants in the regional expert meeting of the analytical platform CABAR.asia believe. (more…)
According to the analysts, the bilateral relations are best strengthened not by declarative statements, but by certain and mutually beneficial projects in various areas. (more…)
The situation of migrants in the Russian society has always been a challenge. According to the Federal Migration Service, over 10 million migrants reside in Russia legally, whereas three million reside thee illegally. Most of them come from Central Asia. (more…)
High mortality and malnutrition among children are key problems in Tajikistan. The overwhelming majority of Tajik children are deprived of the opportunity to receive preschool education. Also the problem of education for girls and the actual discrimination of children with special needs are relevant . (more…)
Instead of AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine, Tajikistan received its Indian analogue, which caused rumours and speculation among the country’s population. The Ministry of Health of Tajikistan assures that the vaccine is safe, but it may cause side effects in some vaccinated people. In addition, the republic will receive a batch of CoronaVac vaccine from China soon. (more…)