Qatar, Tajikistan discuss strengthening economic, trade and investment co-operation

HE Dr Ahmed bin Mohammed al-Sayed, Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, and Zavqi Zavqizoda, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Republic of Tajikistan, co-chaired the ‘Fifth Session of the Qatari–Tajik Joint Committee on...

Investment, responsibility, growth: Chinese mining company sets new goals in Tajikistan

09:17, todayAuthor: Press release by the Tajik-Chinese Mining and Industrial Company At the “Dushanbe-2025” International Investment Forum, Chairman of the Tajik-Chinese Mining and Industrial Company, Mr. Huang Jiangzhong, outlined the company’s...

6.1 Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush; Tremors Felt Across North India, No Major Damage

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter Scale struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region late on Tuesday, October 21, 2025, with tremors felt across northern India, including Jammu, Srinagar, and parts of Ladakh. The quake occurred around...

Rahmon opens Dushanbe Invest-2025 Forum, holds meetings with key international partners

14:55, october 14Author: Asia-Plus On October 14, the Dushanbe Invest-2025 International Investment Forum officially kicked off in Dushanbe, bringing together over 1,000 participants from dozens of countries around the world. The opening ceremony...

ADB and Tcell sign US$30 million financing deal to enhance mobile connectivity in Tajikistan

17:21, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Indigo Tajikistan Closed Joint Stock Company (Tcell) have signed a US$30 million equivalent local currency financing agreement to modernize and expand mobile connectivity across...

Qatar, Tajikistan review economic ties

Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, H E Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sayed with President of the Republic of Tajikistan, H E Emomali Rahmon and other officials during the meeting. Doha, Qatar: Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs, H E...

All the world is a stage across the Ancient Silk Road

Forget about barbarian propaganda. What really matters, historically, is that the Ancient Silk Roads as well as Xinjiang may well be the ultimate crossroads of civilizations. Along Central Asia, they are the (beating) heart of the Heartland. Join...

President of Tajikistan meets Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs

Dushanbe: President of the Republic of Tajikistan Emomali Rahmon met today with Minister of State for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry HE Dr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Sayed, along with the accompanying delegation...

Dushanbe meeting: A turning point in Russia–Azerbaijan relations -Analysis

On the eve of the CIS Heads of State Summit held in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a one-on-one meeting to discuss the difficulties that had emerged around a number...

Scientists drill Tajik glacier ice cores to study climate resistance

KON CHUKURBASHI: Scientists are drilling deep into a Tajik glacier to uncover why Central Asia’s ice masses have resisted global warming while others melt. A dozen researchers trekked to over 5,800 metres altitude on the Kon-Chukurbashi ice cap...

Scientists drill deep into Tajik glacier to unlock secrets of Earth’s climate past

KON CHUKURBASHI, Oct 14 — Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting—yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen...

Tajikistan and Russia sign 16 new agreements following high-level talks in Dushanbe

16:21, todayAuthor: Asia-Plus Tajikistan and Russia have signed 16 new cooperation agreements following a meeting between President Emomali Rahmon and Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 9 in Dushanbe. The talks, held first in a one-on-one...

Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

Scientists camped out high on a glacier in Tajikistan to take the ice core samples - Copyright AFP Prakash MATHEMA Prakash MATHEMA Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting — yet in one vast mountain region, huge...

Scientists probe glacier for clues to climate resistance

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting - yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen scientists, accompanied...

Science AFP Scientists probe Tajik glacier for clues to climate resistance

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades. Can it last? To find out, a dozen scientists, accompanied...

Tajikistan’s education system: rules that hinder progress and development

Tajikistan’s education system has been in the spotlight recently due to a series of controversial regulations that critics argue not only fail to enhance learning but may actually be harmful to the entire educational framework. A recent incident...

Dushanbe to host CIS and “Central Asia–Russia” Summits

On 9–10 October 2025, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, will host a series of high-level meetings in the formats of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Central Asia: • Summit of Heads of State in the “Central Asia–Russia” format • Meeting of the...

How data gaps deepen climate injustice in the Himalayas

A Himalayan glacial lake. Image from Pexels. This article was submitted as part of the Global Voices Climate Justice fellowship, which pairs journalists from Sinophone and Global Majority countries to investigate the effects of Chinese development...

Ferghana Valley: a Common vision of a Strategy for Sustainable Development and Prosperity

Diloram Mukhsinova and Bekhzod Alimjanov, senior researchers at the Center for Foreign Policy Studies (Uzbekistan) Annotation. The Ferghana Valley is the historical heart of Central Asia, where a new model of regional cooperation based on trust,...

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan Deepen Strategic Partnership Through Middle Corridor

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s recent state visit to Astana has marked a significant turning point in relations between Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and President Aliyev underscored the rapid expansion of...