Sources: BBC
Baku, Azerbaijan, and Dushanbe, Tajikistan, become sister cities. 2022-03-5
Tajikistan approves the construction of a new US$10 million Chinese military base near its border with Afghanistan, and in a separate statement offers to hand over a pre-existing base to China and waive future rent payments on the base in exchange for military aid. The approval comes as the Tajik government expressed concerns about the worsening security situation along the border after the Taliban took over Afghanistan a few months prior. 2021-10-27
Tajikistan holds its largest military exercise, mobilizing 130,000 servicemen in addition to 100,000 active servicemen and parades more than 1,000 military vehicles and many more warfare equipment and military helicopters. President Emomali Rakhmon urged Tajik people to protect the "peace and stability achieved at a high price" amid a Taliban offensive in neighboring Afghanistan. 2021-07-22
Officials in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan announce that they have agreed to joint security controls following clashes between the two countries at the border. 2021-05-18
ISIL claims responsibility for an attack in Tajikistan that occurred two days prior and left four cycling tourists dead. 2018-07-31
Tajikistan announces that it will participate in the Expo 2020 in Dubai. 2018-04-20
Voters in Tajikistan go to the polls for a referendum to make various amendments to the constitution which include, among other things, the elimination of term limits to allow President Emomali Rahmon and only him to run again for office and lowering the presidential age limit from 35 to 30, which observers believe will position Rahmon's son Rustam Emomali for future succession. 2016-05-22
A vigil is held in London to demand the release of journalist Urunboy Usmonov, imprisoned by authorities in Tajikistan last week. Usmonov is reported to be in ill health. 2011-06-22
Russia, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and Pakistan agree to step up the fight against terrorism and narcotics in a summit in the Russian Black Sea resort of Sochi. 2010-08-18
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake leaves 20,000 homeless and causes US$1.5 million in damage in eastern Tajikistan. 2010-01-3