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Mumin Ahmadi

Mumin Ahmadi has been a correspondent for RFE/RL's Tajik Service since 2008. He graduated from Kulob State University and has worked with Anvori Donish, Millat, Khatlon-Press, and the Center for Journalistic Research of Tajikistan. He was also the editor in chief of Pajwok.

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February 10, 2024
Missing: A Tajik Mom Clings To Hope, 6 Years After Daughter's Call From Syria

A crackly 6-year-old WhatsApp message records the last known words of Sitora, a Tajik woman whose husband had joined Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria. Her mother later heard that Sitora was dead, but does not believe it and is also desperate to find the granddaughter who was born in Syria.
August 17, 2023
'I Sent Tajik Men's Bodies From Bakhmut,' Central Asian Migrant Worker Claims

A Tajik man says he was among some 200 Central Asian migrants who went to work in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine last year but were then forced to join the Wagner mercenary group as fighters instead.
December 10, 2022
Big Money Promises Don't Materialize For Tajik Migrants 'Lured' To Mariupol From Russia

Dozens of Tajik migrants work in the Russian-occupied city of Mariupol in Ukraine, after being hired by Russian construction companies pledging high salaries and other benefits. But some of the workers say they want to leave Mariupol and warn others to beware of false promises.
December 07, 2022
Bullied Tajik Bride Escapes Tragic End As Abuse Trend Persists

Suicides among young housewives have been a growing trend in Tajikistan in recent years, with economic problems compounding often suffocating relations with their in-laws. Ruzigul Mahmadsaid's disappearance from her in-laws' home stoked fears that the 22-year-old was the latest to take her own life.
July 12, 2022
Tajikistan Concerned By Provocative Taliban Watchtower On Border

An observation post being built on the Afghan-Tajik border by the "Tajik Taliban" is seen as an act of intimidation from Kabul and has irritated Tajikistan, which has not recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
July 12, 2022
Tajikistan Concerned By Provocative Taliban Watchtower On Border

An observation post being built on the Afghan-Tajik border by the "Tajik Taliban" is seen as an act of intimidation from Kabul and has irritated Tajikistan, which has not recognized the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.
October 23, 2021
Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan Say Taliban Is Threatening Relatives Back Home

Afghan military pilots who fled to Tajikistan when the Taliban seized power in Kabul say the militant group is pressuring them to return to Afghanistan by threatening to kill their relatives.
October 23, 2021
Afghan Pilots Who Fled To Tajikistan Say Taliban Is Threatening Relatives Back Home

Afghan military pilots who fled to Tajikistan when the Taliban seized power in Kabul say the militant group is pressuring them to return to Afghanistan by threatening to kill their relatives.
October 13, 2021
Resistance Leader Masud 'Visited Dushanbe' For Afghan Peace Talks But Taliban Didn't Show Up

Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Masud briefly visited Dushanbe for Afghan peace talks mediated by Tajikistan and Pakistan, but the Taliban failed to show up, several sources say.
October 13, 2021
Resistance Leader Masud 'Visited Dushanbe' For Afghan Peace Talks, But Taliban Didn't Show Up

Afghan resistance leader Ahmad Masud briefly visited Dushanbe for Afghan peace talks mediated by Tajikistan and Pakistan, but the Taliban failed to show up, several sources say.
October 07, 2021
Exclusive: Afghan Pilots Tell Of Daring Escape From The Taliban, And Of Life In Limbo In Tajikistan

RFE/RL gained exclusive access to a Tajik facility where dozens of U.S.-trained Afghan pilots are being secretly held. The pilots, interviewed by RFE/RL, escaped to Tajikistan onboard Afghan Air Force aircraft on August 15, when the Taliban seized control of Kabul.
October 07, 2021
Exclusive: Afghan Pilots Tell Of Daring Escape From The Taliban, And Of Life In Limbo In Tajikistan

RFE/RL gained exclusive access to a Tajik facility where dozens of U.S.-trained Afghan pilots are being secretly held. The pilots, interviewed by RFE/RL, escaped to Tajikistan onboard Afghan Air Force aircraft on August 15, when the Taliban seized control of Kabul.
October 04, 2021
Taliban Said To Have Rearmed Tajik Militants And Moved Uyghur Fighters From Chinese Border

The Taliban has provided Tajik militants based along the border with Tajikistan with new military vehicles, weaponry, and other equipment over the past two weeks, security sources in Tajikistan and northeastern Afghanistan say, amid an ongoing military buildup on both sides of the frontier.
October 04, 2021
Taliban Said To Have Rearmed Tajik Militants And Moved Uyghur Fighters From Chinese Border

The Taliban has provided Tajik militants based along the border with Tajikistan with new military vehicles, weaponry, and other equipment over the past two weeks, security sources in Tajikistan and northeastern Afghanistan say, amid an ongoing military buildup on both sides of the frontier.
July 27, 2021
Exclusive: Taliban Puts Tajik Militants Partially In Charge Of Afghanistan's Northern Border

The Taliban has said that it has no plans to destabilize Afghanistan’s neighbors. However, the Taliban has put Tajik militant group Jamaat Ansarullah in charge of security in several districts it captured near the Tajik border.
July 27, 2021
Exclusive: Taliban Puts Tajik Militants Partially In Charge Of Afghanistan's Northern Border

The Taliban has said that it has no plans to destabilize Afghanistan’s neighbors. However, the Taliban has put Tajik militant group Jamaat Ansarullah in charge of security in several districts it captured near the Tajik border.
July 10, 2021
Fighting The Taliban Was 'Suicide': Hundreds Of Afghan Soldiers Escape To Tajikistan

Staying in Afghanistan to fight against Taliban forces would have ended badly, several Afghan soldiers who recently fled to Tajikistan told RFE/RL's Tajik Service.
July 09, 2021
Fighting The Taliban Was 'Suicide': Hundreds Of Afghan Soldiers Escape To Tajikistan

Staying in Afghanistan to fight against Taliban forces would have ended badly, several Afghan soldiers who recently fled to Tajikistan told RFE/RL's Tajik Service.
May 07, 2021
Tajik, Kyrgyz Officials Deny Reports Of Ethnic-Based Expulsions After Deadly Border Fighting

Tajik and Kyrgyz officials are denying allegations that there have been ethnicity-based expulsions in their countries amid the recent violence on the Kyrgyz-Tajik border, despite reports of people being sent home and others abused.
December 17, 2020
Dushanbe Reinforces Border After Tajik Militants Appear In Video Fighting In Afghanistan

Afghan authorities say a group of militants from Tajikistan played a key role in the recent Taliban takeover of a district. It prompted Tajikistan to deploy additional troops along the border and launch a campaign using the relatives of the militants to plead with them via video to come home.

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