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Long-term President Emomali Rakhmon is declared the victor of Tajikistan's latest presidential election with over 90% of the votes.
2020-10-12

Voters in Tajikistan head to the polls to elect the country's President. Long-time authoritarian leader Emomali Rakhmon is highly expected to be declared the clear victor of the election.
2020-10-11

Four cyclists, two Americans, one Dutch national and one Swiss national, are killed in the Khatlon Region, Tajikistan by a hit-and-run driver while three others are injured. A 21 year old male suspect has been arrested.
2018-07-29

Tajikistan announces that it will participate in the Expo 2020 in Dubai.
2018-04-20

The Tajikistani constitutional referendum results in the removal of term limits of incumbent President Emomali Rahmon.
2016-05-23

The governments of Somalia, Tajikistan and Brunei ban celebrations of Christmas, with punishments ranging up to a five-year jail term. Each country has a majority-Muslim population.
2015-12-23

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurs near the Uzbekistan city of Fergana killing 13 people in Uzbekistan and one person in Tajikistan.
2011-07-20

BBC reporter Urunboy Usmonov is released on bail in Tajikistan but still faces trial.
2011-07-14

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

Details of U.S. collaboration with at least 10 foreign intelligence agencies emerge, with Chinese, Tunisian, Moroccan, Russian, Saudi, Tajik, Jordanian, Algerian, Yemeni and Kuwaiti delegations assisting the U.S. with interrogations at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, and China and Russia vowing to prosecute and punish any repatriated Uighurs or Uzbeks.
2011-04-25