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Struggling to Stem Extremism, Tajikistan Targets Beards and Head Scarves

Mei Hui — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 16:18:45 +0000

After Tajiks were charged with a deadly attack in Moscow, the country has cracked down on signs of Islam. But experts say it’s not addressing the causes of terrorism. People in Tajikistan were expecting a government crackdown after Tajik men were arrested and charged with a terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall in March. […]

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Drug Trafficking in Tajikistan: A Very Deep but not Incurable Evil

Hai Rong — Sun, 22 Sep 2024 14:43:32 +0000

For many years, Tajikistan has been gravely affected by drug trafficking. At least 15-20 tons of opium and between 75 and 80 metric tons of heroin are smuggled into the country each year from Afghanistan either for local consumption or for transfer to Russia and Europe. Despite an official Tajik government policy to fight illicit drug trafficking in cooperation with foreign […]

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Is Diplomacy dead?

Meilin Ai — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 16:05:15 +0000

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said it is time to rekindle diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine. But both foreign and domestic responses to his proposal have been rather muted. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been trying to rekindle diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine© Thomas Kierok/ZDF/dpa/picture alliance In the halls of […]

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Peru’s controversial ex-president Fujimori buried after national mourning

Kun Lan — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 16:43:06 +0000

While Alberto Fujimori was hailed for crushing a leftist insurgency and boosting the economy, he was convicted of gross human rights abuses. Peru has bid an emotional farewell to its divisive ex-president Alberto Fujimori after three days of national mourning marked by expressions of nostalgia for his iron-fisted rule. Fujimori was revered by many in Peru […]

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Russian response slow, inefficient and repelled

Kun Lan — Fri, 13 Sep 2024 18:32:18 +0000

Moscow (11 September/ 33.33). Russia waged a 2-year war of aggression against its neighbor, the Ukraine. Two years on, hundred thousand of deaths, families destroyed, Russia is no where near its 3-day goals of occupation. The Russian army slugs on, mile for mile, killed for killed. Vladimir Putin and his Siloviki continues a red army […]

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In Tajikistan, Clerics And Government Officials Are Deciding What Women Should Wear

Yawen — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 07:02:51 +0000

Women’s clothes are high on the government’s agenda once again in Tajikistan, where authorities and Islamic leaders are working on new guidelines on what women should wear to work and during their leisure time. The new dress code — the second of its kind in six years — is expected to be made public in […]

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Tajikistan: Has anything changed?

Kun Lan — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 22:20:53 +0000

Brussels/Dushanbe (10/8- 75) Once more Tajikistan comes on the radar screen. Who will be the next president of Tajikistan? How is the ban on the hijab helping the deradicalization of Tajik society? What is the role of the Chinese and Russian influence? And how is the relationship with the European Union coming along? Every year […]

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Pull of Russia’s Incursion, Lead Ukraine to Victory

Kun Lan — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 21:43:53 +0000

Frankfurt, Paris (18/8 – 62.50) Ukraine has scored a series of victories in more than a week since launching a lightning offensive into Russian territory. Now the stakes are rising as its forces prepare to defend their gains and Russia begins to regain its footing. Last week, Ukraine deployed thousands of troops to the Kursk […]

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Thwarted Terrorist Plot at Taylor Swift’s Vienna Concert Was Intended to Kill ‘Tens of Thousands of People,’ CIA Official Says

Mei Bo — Sun, 01 Sep 2024 16:56:33 +0000

“They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,” CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen said “Tens of thousands” of fans were the target of a thwarted terrorist attempt at Taylor Swift’s recent Vienna shows, a CIA official told reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 28. […]

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Hope, Fear and Jealousy

Saliya Weerakoon — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 14:58:32 +0000

How does one man consistently get it right in Earth’s most unpredictable political stage play? Meet Allan J. Lichtman, a historian with a seemingly magical Midas touch who has been calling US Presidential Elections with eerie accuracy since 1984. While most political pundits and pollsters scramble to keep up with the tides of public opinion, […]

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