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Taliban accidentally transfers $800,000 to anti-Taliban Afghan Embassy in Tajikistan

The Taliban in Afghanistan has accidentally transferred around $800,000 into the bank account of the Afghan Embassy in Tajikistan and is now asking for it to be returned. The mission, whose head has professed his allegiance to the deposed government and firm opposition to the Taliban. According to reports the embassy, the money had been […]

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5.9 magnitude earthquake kills 5 in eastern Tajikistan; homes damaged, power supply disrupted

An earthquake in eastern Tajikistan has left at least five people dead according to authorities in the mountainous country. The magnitude 5.9 quake hit 27km east of Rasht district on Saturday morning. Tremors were also felt in the capital, Dushanbe, some 165km southwest of the epicentre. “Dozens of houses were destroyed,” the Tajik committee for […]