A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck eastern Tajikistan early Thursday, officials with the US Geological Survey (USGS) have confirmed. Meanwhile, the Chinese seismological center has rated the quake at 7.3 on the Richter scale. The USGS also recorded three aftershocks following the earthquake, one of which occurred 86 kilometers west ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the Tajikistani President and his Kyrgyzstani counterpart on Sunday to avoid further escalation following two days of clashes along their border. The Russian President spoke separately with Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan and Emomali Rahmon of Tajikistan about the situation on their shared border, according to ...
