A soldier's best friend? (RFE/RL) October 3, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- The Tajik army kicked off its new conscription drive this week, with military officials insisting that long-maligned conditions for ...

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Lt. Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, Third Army/ARCENT Commanding General, conducted his first visit since taking command with key leaders here Nov. 20-21.

China is constructing a secret military base in Tajikistan, satellite images reveal, as it seizes on the rising threat to security posed by Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Beijing has been building the ...

Third Army Soldiers have responded to a request for assistance from the Government of Tajikistan due to a recent flood crisis. Within four hours of receiving notification on May 16, a Third Army ...

Tajik citizens now can choose to serve and fight for Russia. (Photo: David Trilling) As of this year, there’s an army that’s ready to give a paying job to a few members of Tajikistan’s legion of ...

A military court in Tajikistan's northern Khujand Province has sentenced a sergeant in the Tajik Army to nine years in jail for beating a conscript to death during a hazing incident. On June 19 ...

Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov urged his country on Monday to have trust in its army and strategic partners, and said there was no need for volunteer forces at the border with Tajikistan after ...

And under Tajik law, people found guilty of enlisting in mercenary organizations – such as Wagner, the private army that has done much of the fighting in eastern Ukraine – can face prison sentences of ...

The Tajik army has completed its autumn conscription campaign in record time, amid reports of men being forced to join up - including a 62-year-old out for an evening stroll. Spokesman Orif ...

Tajik bretheren, go to the army and serve your motherland. It is a shame for a young man to cry like that. Shame on you, coward. Despite the kidnappings being illegal, a Tajik human rights defender ...

The Tajik army has completed its autumn conscription campaign in record time, amid reports of men being forced to join up - including a 62-year-old out for an evening stroll. Spokesman Orif ...