A lieutenant general, Kirillov is one of the most prominent Russian commanders assassinated by Ukraine. He was killed at the ...

Iran launched missiles in retaliation for waves of Israeli attacks on its nuclear and military sites during a 12-day war ...

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 ...

Tension has been mounting in western Asia following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan last month, with Tajikistan reportedly beefing up its military presence on the Tajik-Afghan border in response.

Tajikistan's president on Monday ordered the mobilisation of 20,000 military reservists to bolster the border with Afghanistan after more than 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the ...

The foreign minister of Tajikistan condemned the recent Israeli and American acts of aggression against Iran as a brazen violation of the UN Charter.

Tajikistan mobilised 130,000 men from its military reserve in addition to 100,000 active servicemen for the three-hour exercise on Thursday, Rakhmon said at a military parade.

China has moved to expand its military links to the region as well, conducting bilateral military exercises with Central Asian countries bordering Afghanistan and forming in 2001 the Shanghai ...

In Tajikistan, military service is nominally compulsory for every male citizen aged between 18 and 27. Only people with physical or cognitive disabilities are exempted. Many manage to evade service by ...

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 ...