A court in Tajikistan has sentenced three men to prison sentences ranging from two to 26 years for attempting to kill the Central Asian republic's chief mufti last year, the head of the Supreme Court ...

Five prisoners, identified as Islamic State members, were killed during an escape attempt in a Tajikistan prison. The inmates ...

Several prisoners who supported Islamic State were on February 3 shot dead by prison guards in Tajikistan after launching an ...

A Tajikistan court sentenced three men for attempting to murder the chief mufti, Sayeedmukarram Abduqodirzoda, in Dushanbe.

At least five prisoners were killed and three employees were injured in a riot spurred by an attempted escape from a prison ...

The riot, which was designed as an attempt to escape, resulted in the deaths of at least five prisoners, while three staff ...

At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law enforcement source said. The Islamic State ...

In a new clampdown on independent media, Tajikistan has jailed a veteran journalist for criticizing regional officials, while ...

At least five prisoners were killed and three prison employees injured in a riot triggered by an attempted escape at a prison ...

At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law enforcement source said.

Both are banned in Tajikistan. At least three prison guards were seriously injured in the incident and the head of the prison's administration was taken to hospital in serious condition ...