Author: Akiner Balbay

Weak signs of recovery in Afghanistan’s economy are at risk of being undone by Taliban restrictions on women working for NGOs, the UN says. Donations to the UN are under threat of falling sharply because of the ban on Afghan women working for it, the United Nations Development Programme said. The number of families living in poverty had nearly doubled in two years, its report found. The Taliban said politics should not be linked with humanitarian aid decisions. Afghanistan was pushed into economic collapse when the Taliban took over in 2021, and foreign funds that were being given to the previous…

Avesta.Tj – The day before, on February 27, on the sidelines of the high-level segment of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, a meeting was held between the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Tajikistan, Muzaffar Husseinzoda, and the Vice-President of the International Commission against the Death Penalty, Ms. Ruth Dreyfus. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan, during the meeting, cooperation between the Republic of Tajikistan and the International Commission against the Death Penalty in the field of human rights protection was discussed, as well as other issues of…

Kenes Rakishev. An entrepreneur, philanthropist, former special envoy for Kazakhstan, head of the Kazakh boxing federation, a family man, and most importantly, a man of success. The backstory of Kenes Rakishev and his philanthropies is a complex one, with multiple factors and numerous actors involved. The 40-something Kazakh is an interesting study of human success. Ultra boyishly shy, he is the poster boy of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s “New Kazakhstan” vision for the future and better Kazakhstan. He received his education in the UK, fortunately married into the Kazakhstan elite clan and positioned quietly in the affairs of the state. Kenes’…

Three residents of Dushanbe were detained by police officers on suspicion of hooliganism. They did not pay the taxi driver for the fare and beat him, the press center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the capital reports. It is reported that the police detained Mehrodjiddin Safarov, Parviz Makhmadrakhimov and Shahboz Mukimov on this fact. “The men got into a taxi on the evening of February 23 in the capital’s Bukhoro street and drove around the city for almost three hours. They got off at the Istiklol hospital and refused to pay 100 somoni on the meter. Instead, the young men beat…

The composition of the Tajikistan national judo team has been determined, which will compete in the Grand Slam tournament in Tashkent on March 3-5. The head coach of the Tajik judo team Tamura Tori included the following judokas in the team: Muhammadsoleh Kuvvatov (up to 60 kg), Emomali Nurali, Shahboz Saidabrorov (up to 66 kg), Bekhruz Khodjazoda, Makhmadsharif Najmiddinov (up to 73 kg), Somon Makhmadbekov, Mukhammadjon Abdujalilov ( up to 81 kg), Jahongir Majidov, Komronshoh Ustopiriyon (up to 90 kg), Ibrohim Elmurodov, Temur Rakhimov (over 100 kg), Shukron Karchieva (up to 48 kg), Shohid Kalandarova (up to 57 kg). According…

New York, Brussels, Astana (18/1 – 60). After facing the most challenging year in 2022, Kazakhstan continues its political modernization. Under the second term of President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev who has been reelected in November, Central Asia’s richest country will enjoy more democracy in 2023. This year will be the moment for President Tokayev to prove his vows to step up changes for the ’New Kazakhstan’. End of the Oligarch As the world witnessed, in January 2022, Kazakhstan was ripped apart by the nationwide protest that led to the most violent unrest in the country’s modern history. 238 people dead and thousands…