Tadschikistan
Aktuelle Einsätze
OSCE Office in Tajikistan
(OSCE Other Field Activities)
Beginn: 06/08
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Tajikistan: the changing insurgent threats – new ICG report (24.05.2011)
(Quelle:International Crisis Group)
Tajikistan, Central Asia’s poorest state and a key logistical link for international forces in Afghanistan, faces a growing security threat from both local and external rebels. “Tajikistan: The Changing Insurgent Threats”, the latest International Crisis Group report, examines the deteriorating situation and warns that the country is profoundly vulnerable socially, economically, politically and militarily.
Tajikistan asks EU to help defend Afghan border (15.03.2011)
(Quelle:Reuters AlertNet)
Tajikistan asked the European Union on Tuesday to help in protecting its porous border with Afghanistan, saying that its outdated Soviet-era defences were insufficient to contain a spreading Islamist insurgency.
Tajikistan unlikely to be test case for Russia-led Security Group (29.09.2010)
(Quelle:Eurasianet)
After declining to intervene in southern Kyrgyzstan’s turmoil over the summer, the Collective Security Treaty Organization is facing a fresh challenge in Tajikistan. And once again the Russia-led security group appears set to refrain from acting. … In the Tajik case, catalyst for the CSTO’s dilemma is the upsurge in militant activity in the Rasht Valley over the past few weeks, underscored by a September 19 ambush that left 26 government soldiers dead.
Militant ambush puts spotlight on security situation (20.09.2010)
(Quelle:Eurasianet)
Militants, some of whom may have been involved in a massive prison break in late August, are being blamed for a raid that left at least 23 Tajik soldiers dead. The attack marks the boldest in a string of recent incidents that is posing a serious security challenge for President Imomali Rahmon’s administration.
Are Tajikistan’s security services breaking down? (07.09.2010)
(Quelle:EurasiaNet)
Tajikistan’s security services are in the spotlight following two recent explosions and an audacious jailbreak in the Central Asian nation. The violence may be an indicator of faulty government personnel policies, some experts suggest.
Tajikistan creating competing ombudsman offices (08.09.2009)
(Quelle:RFE, RL / International)
Rahmatullo Zoirov, the chief of Tajikistan's Social Democratic Party and head of the Consortium of Legal Consultants nongovernmental organization, says 50 public ombudsman offices will be established by the end of the year, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports. … The 50 people chosen will receive training under a program sponsored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) through the end of the year.
Tajikistan says it smashes gang linked to Taliban (05.08.2009)
(Quelle:Reuters AlertNet / International)
Tajikistan said on Wednesday its security forces had destroyed "an armed terrorist gang" with links to Afghanistan's Taliban, after a string of gunbattles near the Afghan border. The Central Asian state first reported clashes with the militants in early July when they attacked a police checkpoint. It said it had since killed 11 militants and detained 30 men.
Taming Tajikistan’s eastern valleys (28.07.2009)
(Quelle:ISN Security Watch / Switzerland)
Nearly two weeks after a former rebel commander was killed in a firefight, officials say stability is returning to the eastern valleys of Tajikistan and any remaining armed militants are being hunted down. Analysts say that to prevent the ongoing sweep from creating a backlash among local communities, the security forces will need to tread lightly and avoid needlessly harassing villagers.
Tajiks seek de-mining help from EU visitors (02.06.2009)
(Quelle:RFE/RL / International)
Tajik Foreign Minister Hamrokhon Zarifi told RFE/RL's Tajik Service that he asked a visiting EU delegation for assistance in efforts to demine areas on the Uzbek-Tajik border. The land mines at issue were reportedly laid by Uzbek security forces last decade to prevent violence from spreading across the border during Tajikistan's civil war and subsequently to keep fighters from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) from escaping across the Tajik border.
Are Islamic militants trying to make a comeback in Central Asia? (26.05.2009)
(Quelle:EurasiaNet / USA)
Officials in Tajikistan are adamantly denying a large-scale government security operation in the eastern Rasht Valley has anything to do with reports that a notorious Islamic militant commander has returned to the area from Pakistan. Authorities are sticking with the story that the beefed up security presence in the mountainous region is connected with a government anti-drug offensive.
Pentagon looks to become engine for economic stabilization in Tajikistan (16.03.2009)
(Quelle:EurasiaNet / USA)
A Pentagon-funded aid program to Tajikistan will aim to promote economic development in some of the most neglected parts of the country over the next three years, in an attempt to "prevent the rise of another Afghanistan." The program, called Tajikistan Stability Enhancement Program, will spend $7.1 million over the three-year span to help small communities work to identify development needs like road repairs, agricultural equipment or aid to small businesses, and then help to fund the projects.
Tajikistan: on the road to failure – new ICG report (12.02.2009)
(Quelle:International Crisis Group / USA)
Far from being a bulwark against the spread of violence from Afghanistan, Tajikistan is looking increasingly like its southern neighbour – a weak state that is suffering from a failure of leadership. “Tajikistan: On the Road to Failure“, the latest report from the International Crisis Group, says that without sweeping reforms to address food security, energy infrastructure and corruption, President Rakhmon’s regime is in danger of collapse.
Record drug seizure carried out by UN-trained team in Tajikistan (26.12.2008)
(Quelle:UN News / International)
Tajik officials trained by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) have seized some 560 kilogrammes of hashish and heroin in the single biggest bust in the Central Asian nation’s his-tory.