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With the Tajik presidential election campaign in full swing, a member of the sitting president's campaign team has come under criticism for borrowing lines used by other leaders.
A Tajik court has sentenced a village mullah to seven years in prison on sexual misconduct and fraud charges.
Media reports have suggested the crash occurred during nighttime car races that involved a nephew of Amonullo Hukumov, the chief of the Tajik state railway company.
The report says China is home to 2.9 million slaves, Pakistan has 2.1 million, and there are 516,000 in Russia.
The united Tajik opposition is demanding that election authorities register its candidate for president, despite the fact she fell short of the necessary signatures required.
Uzbek authorities have reportedly accepted responsibility for a Tajik train's derailing on its territory.
An opposition candidate to the Tajik presidency, Oinihol Bobonazarova, says she will not take part in the November 6 poll.
The Tajik parliament has approved amendments to the penal code granting more privileges to individuals serving life prison terms.
A train belonging to the Tajik state railway company has derailed in Uzbekistan's southwestern Jizzakh Province, injuring dozens.
In the Tajik capital, Dushanbe, three people were killed and three injured following a crash during nighttime car races that often include the children of the country's elite.
The chief of Tajikistan's Central Election and Referendums Commission said the original October 7 deadline was moved back to October 10 after the Communist, Socialist, and Democratic parties all complained they had not been given enough time to collect supporter signatures under the original cutoff.
Tajik authorities in the capital, Dushanbe, say some 500 stray dogs were caught and destroyed last month amid a wave of residents' complaints over the growing number of feral canines roaming the city.
The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has opened a mission in Dushanbe to monitor the presidential election on November 6.
The Tajik parliament's lower chamber has ratified an agreement allowing Russian troops to stay in the country until 2042.
An opposition Tajik presidential candidate, Oinihol Bobonazarova, has accused the police of interfering in her campaign.
A Tajik opposition figure wanted by Dushanbe on charges of involvement in a $1.2 million fraud case has reportedly been released from a detention center in Dubai.
A former director of a coal mine in Tajikistan's eastern district of Rasht has been brought to Dushanbe for questioning in connection with the shooting death of his successor earlier this month.
The president of Tajikistan has asked lawmakers to ratify a deal extending the stay of 7,000 Russian troops at the 201st Division in Tajikisan.
Registration for Tajikistan's mid-November presidential election has officially started.
A leading Tajik opposition figure and businessman has gone on trial in Dushanbe.
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