As a result of this, Uzbekistan decided to plant mines along its border with Tajikistan, without informing the Tajikistan authorities of their location.
The Carthage Eaglets cranked up the pressure on the Tajikistan goal late on and their persistence was rewarded when Msakni latched onto a corner kick to fire home a spectacular winner.
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Part of a series of seminars for local specialist, the training was organized by the UNESCO Cluster Office in Almaty and supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the Tajikistan National Commission for UNESCO.
UNESCO: Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention
Participants in the training included staff of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan, the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, the Tajik National Conservatory, representatives of public and private museums, representatives of NGOs taking part in the preservation of intangible cultural heritage, as well as artisans and musicians.
UNESCO: Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention
An Opening speech was given by Ms. Farogat Azizi, Deputy Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan and Ms. Shahlo Abdurahimova, Secretary General of the National Commission of the Republic of Tajikistan for UNESCO.
UNESCO: Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention
The government of Tajikistan, the poorest country of the ex-Soviet Union, needs Russian soldiers to protect it against Islamic insurgents.
Sitting on the western edge of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Zone near the border of Tajikistan, the Chinese envision Kashgar as the main rail and air link to the stans.
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Conversely, the Uzbeks accuse Tajikistan of contaminating the water with industrial and agricultural pollutants, as well as sewage, thus causing disease in Uzbekistan.
It says it can no longer supply gas to the Tajiks as it has to meet growing demand from its main partner, China, but the amount Tajikistan needs is small by comparison.
With the exception of anarchic Tajikistan, at the time of Mr Akaev's fall all of the Stans were still ruled by whoever happened to be the local boss when the Soviet Union imploded in 1991.
Despite the defeat, their Tajikistan also qualified for the second round of the competition.
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Heavy-handed pressure is similarly intensifying against Ukraine, the Baltic states, Tajikistan and elsewhere in the old Soviet Union.
Also today, the Assembly was informed that Tajikistan had made the necessary payment to reduce its arrears.
"This is why back in 1997, we had to evacuate the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan when the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee moved in next door, and why, 13 years later, the Treasury Department caught the same group in cahoots with Hezbollah, " said Rubin, who recently wrote about the issue for Commentary magazine.
Opened by UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova, the Chairperson of UN Water Michel Jarraud, the Foreign Affairs Minister of Tajikistan Hamrokhon Zartifi and the French Minister Delegate for Development Pascal Canfin, the event will gather representatives from Inter-Governmental Organizations, NGOs, scientists and political decision makers from around the world.
The closing ceremony was attended by Mr. Mirzoshohruh Asrori, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
UNESCO: Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention
In particular, the programme for the preservation of ICH till 2015 was developed and approved by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tajikistan.
UNESCO: Culture Sector - Intangible Heritage - 2003 Convention
The result of Tajikistan's democratic experiment will reverberate around Central Asia.
Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan on the east and south, Iran on the west, China on the northeast, and Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on the north.
Uzbekistan has also unilaterally closed most border checkpoints with both upstream countries, set mines along parts of the boundary with Tajikistan, and often holds up commercial traffic.
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For the present, Tajikistan's economy is still in dire straits.
Alexei Malashenko, an expert on Central Asia at the Carnegie Moscow Centre, argues that unless it wants to repeat the mistake it made in neighbouring Tajikistan whose Islamists the Russians criticised, only to see some of them wind up in government the Kremlin needs to think about the sort of regime that is likely to follow Mr Karimov's, whenever that may be.
The new road will link Tajikistan (and neighbours, such as Uzbekistan) with the Karakoram highway.
With the passing of many Shashmaqom masters, the overwhelming majority of presentday performers in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are graduates of the Tashkent Conservatory, which offers training in Shashmaqom composition.
The statement claims that, since 2010, Tashkent has systematically blocked the transit of rail freight into Tajikistan - vital for bringing fuel and food into the landlocked country.
The equivalent figure for Tajikistan is 32 percent of GDP, versus 12 percent in 2006.
In 1999, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, or IMU, launched an incursion into the country from neighboring Tajikistan.
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But Tajikistan, the poorest of the ex-Soviet republics, is still to be convinced.
Migrant work in Russia is a vital source of income for many nationals from Tajikistan, the poorest former Soviet Republic.
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