Tajikistan today celebrated National Flag Day for the first time since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- To mark the 20th anniversary of its independence from the then-Soviet Union, the Central Asian nation of Tajikistan unveiled what it bills as the world's tallest flagpole ...

2012 - Tajikistan grants Russia a 30-year extension on a Soviet-era military base seen as bulwark against Islamist militancy and drug-trafficking. 2016 - Work begins on the controversial Rogun ...

Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan said on Sunday nearly 100 people had died in their border conflict. Primary Menu Sections. ... The ex-Soviet state also said 102 people had been injured.

The Soviet Union’s collapse 32 years ago led to rapid change, economic collapse, and violence. In Tajikistan, that violence slid rapidly into civil war.

Kyrgyzstan reported “intense battles” with Central Asian neighbor Tajikistan on Friday and said 24 people had been killed in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet Union.

Since the fall of the Soviet Union and Tajikistan’s subsequent independence in 1991, neither state-supplied electricity nor state water has reached Alichur, a town of 2,000 people that sits ...

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Kyrgyzstan reported “intense battles” with Central Asian neighbor Tajikistan on Friday and said 24 people had been killed in the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet Union.

Tajikistan is expanding ties with China, which has extended credits and built roads, tunnels and power infrastructure. Chinese firms are investing in oil and gas exploration, as well as gold mining.