August 10, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The leader of Tajikistan's Islamic Renaissance Party (IRP), Said Abdullo Nuri, has been buried in the capital, Dushanbe.
Said Abdullo Nuri's death ends a career that peaked at a crucial juncture in Tajikistan's post-Soviet history.
August 9, 2006 -- Said Abdullo Nuri, the leader of the opposition Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan, died today at his home in Dushanbe after a long illness.
The head of Gazprom, Aleksei Millier (left), in talks with Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev in January (epa) August 9, 2006 -- Gazprom Neft-Asia, the Kyrgyz-based subsidiary of Russia's Gazprom Neft oil company, today said it would soon open offices in Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
A Tajik army unit during multilateral military exercises (file photo) (ITAR-TASS) August 8, 2006 -- Border guards from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Russia are currently involved in joint counterterrorism and counternarcotics exercises.
Relatives and supporters of a Kyrgyz cleric killed by security forces are rejecting official claims that imam Muhammadrafiq Kalamov, widelyl known as Rafiq Qori Kamoluddin, belonged to an Islamist terror group. Thousands of people turned up in his hometown of Kara-Suu, in southern Kyrgyzstan, on August 7 to pay their final respects. Mourners marched amid a strengthened police presence in the streets on the way to the cemetery, hailing the imam as a "martyr" for the Islamic cause. Tensions are likely to remain high as Kamoluddin's family and followers await the results of an official probe into his death at the hands of counterterrorism troops on August 6.
Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov in New Delhi (epa) August 8, 2006 -- Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov, who is on a five-day visit to New Delhi, has signed several cooperation agreements with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov on his arrival in New Delhi (epa) PRAGUE, August 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- The office of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said New Delhi and Dushanbe agreed to further develop bilateral ties in a number of areas, including industry, agriculture, and transportation.
PRAGUE, August 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A prominent religious leader known for allowing Islamic radicals to pray alongside other worshippers at his mosque in southern Kyrgyzstan has been killed in a security raid.
(RFE/RL) DUSHANBE, August 7, 2006 (RFE/RL) -- A court in Tajikistan's northern Sugdh region has sentenced an ethnic Uzbek to 15 years in jail for spying.
After last week's drama in Ukraine's parliament, other former Soviet states that underwent "colored" revolutions reacted, some with trepidation, others with cautious praise.
August 7, 2006 -- Tajik President Imomali Rakhmonov is in India today for talks expected to focus on economic and security ties.
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