The four accused of carrying out an assault at a concert hall near Moscow are migrant laborers from Tajikistan. They face a maximum sentence of life in prison.
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Biden, in U.N. Speech, Calls for Action on Ukraine and Other Crises
As other major leaders skipped the annual opening session of the General Assembly, Mr. Biden used his address to try to counter war fatigue both at home and abroad.
Mexico’s Lavish Presidential Plane Arrives at Its New Home in Tajikistan
Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, who had called the jet an example of excess, had spent years trying to find a suitor for it.
In Central Asia, Blinken Will Urge Distance From Russia, and Ukraine War
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken is making the first trip by a Biden administration cabinet official to the former Soviet republics of Central Asia.
Your Friday Briefing: A COP 27 Preview
Plus Benjamin Netanyahu retakes power in Israel and Imran Khan is wounded in Pakistan.
A Distracted Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Its Old Soviet Sphere
Russia’s domination of Central Asia and the Caucasus region is unraveling as the Kremlin focuses on the war in Ukraine — and border violence is flaring.
Afghan Pilots Who Escaped Taliban Are Flown Out of Tajikistan
More than 140 Afghan Air Force pilots and crew members were evacuated to the United Arab Emirates three months after flying into Tajikistan to escape the Taliban.
Afghan Military Pilots, on the Run, Feel Abandoned by U.S.
Detained in Tajikistan, or hiding from the Taliban in Afghanistan, many pilots wonder why the military that trained them is not coming to their aid.
These Herders Lived in Peaceful Isolation. Now, War Has Found Them.
Accompanied by their livestock, hundreds tried to flee the Wakhan Corridor, a mountainous region of Afghanistan now threatened by the Taliban. But they were turned back by northern neighbors.
Over 40 Dead in Tajik-Kyrgyz Border Clash as Death Toll Rises
Fighting that broke out over water rights also injured more than 200 people, government officials said.