DUSHANBE -- An ominous message was sent to Afghan refugees in Tajikistan this week, warning members of the some 10,000-strong community that they risk being forcibly sent back to face the persecution ...

A 53-year-old Afghan refugee in Vahdat, Tajikistan, says he has barely let his teenage sons out of the family’s apartment in months. Not since Tajik authorities appeared in the yard of his cousin’s ...

After a decade as a soldier in the Tajik army — and posted along border points to China and Kyrgyzstan — Jirgalber Lulbekov, 42, decided to make a living as a livestock breeder, like his father before ...

Rahim Sharipov’s parents are worried his heart might not bear the strain. The 28-year-old, who lives in the Romit district, around 40 kilometers from Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, has been ...

Dushanbe — Concluding a two-day visit to Tajikistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi called on the international community to redouble its support for Afghan refugees in Tajikistan ...

From 30,000 feet, a recently released International Monetary Fund report suggests that Tajikistan’s economy is flying high. The on-the-ground picture of most citizens’ daily lives looks a lot bleaker.

Near SHAYMAK, Tajikistan -- In a remote stretch of land near the Wakhan Corridor not far from Tajikistan’s mountainous border with northeastern Afghanistan, China's regional ambitions are adjusting to ...