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The death toll from torrential rains in Tajikistan increase to 21, as flooding, landslides, and mudflows affect towns near Dushanbe.
2023-08-30

Baku, Azerbaijan, and Dushanbe, Tajikistan, become sister cities.
2022-03-5

Chinese Minister for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi asks the Taliban during a conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, to make a "clean break" with all terrorist forces, especially the al-Qaeda-backed East Turkestan Islamic Movement, and to return to mainstream Afghan politics.
2021-07-14

The Taliban takes control of several further districts overnight as Afghan troops abandon their posts and flee into neighboring Tajikistan via Badakhshan Province. The State Committee for National Security of Tajikistan reports that more than 300 Afghan troops crossed the Tajik border as Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid confirms that most of the territory was gained without a fight.
2021-07-4

Tajikistan reports its first confirmed cases of COVID-19. Five people have tested positive for the virus in the capital Dushanbe, and 10 others in the northern Sughd Region, according to the state-run news agency Khovar.
2020-04-30

A riot at a high-security prison in Khujand, Tajikistan, known for holding convicted terrorists, including ISIL members, leaves at least 27 people dead.
2018-11-8

Commercial flights have resumed between the Tajikistan capital, Dushanbe, and the Uzbekistan city of Bukhara amid improving ties.
2018-08-6

Clashes in and around Tajikistan's capital Dushanbe kill at least 17 people. Government representatives blame the attacks against security forces on former Deputy Defense Minister Aduhalim Nazarzoda, who fought against government forces in the Tajikistan Civil War.
2015-09-4

BBC reporter Urunboy Usmonov, imprisoned in a Tajikistan jail in Dushanbe, is reported to be "frail".
2011-06-28

25 prisoners, including Islamic militants, escape from a prison in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-11057127 (BBC)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-192514-25-militants-escape-prison-in-tajikistan ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 [http:--itar-tass.com-eng-level2.html?NewsID=15424966 (ITAR-TASS)]date=August 2019
2010-08-23