Tajik authorities approached more than 8,000 hijab-wearing women in Dushanbe in early August in a campaign to discourage "foreign" Islamic clothing. The state isnt telling women to take off their head scarves -- but authorities are telling women how to tie them.
India and Pakistan marked 70 years of independence with an energetic flag- lowering ceremony on their shared border.
A Tajik police officer has been fired and his boss demoted after the officer stopped and questioned a young couple who were kissing on a Dushanbe street, the Interior Ministry says.
A Tajik accusation of Iranian training and backing for high-profile assassinations two decades ago highlights souring relations.
Tajikistan on August 8 accused Iran of backing high-profile killings in the wake of the Central Asian country's 1990s civil war, including the assassination of former parliament chairman Safarali Kenjaev in 1999.
Relations between Kazakhstan and China have been good for more than two decades now and they enjoy excellent economic ties. Recently, however, security concerns have crept into the relationship between the two countries.
Iran's latest arrests of alleged Islamic State extremists has added to the scrutiny of the group's presence in Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rohani hailed European officials’ presence at his swearing-in ceremony, saying it showed the Continent was determined to expand ties with Tehran.
Is there a terror threat in Turkmenistan? That's the big question as the Turkmen government takes actions that appear to support the idea.
With Kyrgyzstan scheduled to hold its presidential vote on October 15, this week's Majlis looks at the unavoidable Russian influence on Kyrgyzstan's elections.
Iran boasts one of the largest and most varied arsenals of rockets and missiles in the Middle East, including both cruise and ballistic missiles and launch vehicles capable of sending satellites into space.
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