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- Tajik minister favours economic way of settling Afghan problem
Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi attended a plenary meeting of the G8 foreign ministers on Afghanistan and the region which was held in the Italian town of Trieste on 27 June. A source in the Tajik Foreign Ministry's information department told
- U.S.-Built Bridge Is Windfall ? For Illegal Afghan Drug Trade
Posted by CBS News Investigates In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central
- U.S.-Built Bridge Is Windfall - For Illegal Afghan Drug Trade
In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central Asia's poorest countries. Dressed
- U.S.-built bridge is windfall for Afghan drug trade
NIZHNY PANJ, Tajikistan _ In August 2007, the presidents of Afghanistan and Tajikistan walked side by side with the U.S. commerce secretary across a new $37 million concrete bridge that the Army Corps of Engineers designed to link two of Central Asia's
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Tajikistan has experienced three changes in government and a civil war since it gained independence in 1991 when the USSR collapsed. A peace agreement among rival factions was signed in 1997, but implementation has progressed slowly. Nevertheless, a number of opposition political parties have been legalized and are participating in elections, suggesting that the country may be stabilizing politically. Russian-led peacekeeping troops are based throughout the country, and Russian-commanded border guards are stationed along the border with Afghanistan.
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