To take full advantage of emerging development opportunities, Tajikistan should look to providing entrepreneurs and potential investors with sufficient confidence to choose the country as their ...

Tajikistan's acute debt woes likely mean that the beleaguered Central Asian state will become the scene of increasing geopolitical competition. Tajikistan's external debt has been steadily climbing in ...

When we reached Khujand in northern Tajikistan in the late afternoon, the town was wrapped in a thick grey fog. Once a stopover on the Silk Road, little now hints at that past beyond the meticulously ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Ilkhom Mirsaidov, Director of the Nuclear and Radiation ...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, April 2 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency and the government of Tajikistan have agreed to strengthen their cooperation and open the door for the integration of some 1,000 Afghans ...

Strong GDP growth continued in 2019, remaining robust at 7.2 percent year-on-year in the first three quarters of 2019. Growth will slow to around 5.5–5.0 percent over the period 2020–21, reflecting ...

DUSHANBE -- Tajikistan has awarded posthumously two former Afghan political figures, Ahmad Shah Masud and Burhanuddin Rabbani, with the country's third-highest honor, the Order of Ismoili Somoni.

Tajik officials earlier this year raised eyebrows with an expressed intent to transform the Central Asian nation into a hub for AI innovation. If that is ever going to happen, they first must figure ...

Tajikistan ranks among the world’s most vulnerable countries to land degradation, according to a November report from the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Nearly 70 percent of the country ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Mr Ilhom Mirsaidzoda, Director of the Chemical, ...

2020 was not the first time Tajikistan experienced the sharp costs of being a remittance-dependent country, but the lesson is important to heed. The coronavirus pandemic, beyond causing a dramatic ...

On New Year’s Eve 2019, Tayyib Safarov, a resident of Somoniyon, Tajikistan, a small village along the Kyrgyzstan border, went to collect water for her family. On route, she was shot dead. The shot ...