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New Cross-border transmission line brings electricity to Afghan villagers (Aga Khan Development Network)

Edit Public Technologies 02 Jun 2016
(Source. Aga Khan Development Network). Khorog, Tajikistan, 27 May 2016 - Nearly 3,000 people in Deshor and Wiriz, Afghanistan now have access to clean, cheap, renewable energy for the first time in their history ... U.S ... Gorno-Badakhshon Autonomous Oblast First Deputy Governor Nourali Rioyev and Afghan First Secretary Abdulishoki Yakubi, along with other officials, also participated in the commemoration. NOTES ... Martha Sipple ... e-mail ... e-mail....

Adventure road: 7 days on Central Asia's Pamir Highway

Edit CNN 24 May 2016
(CNN)A weathered sign indicated our altitude on Tajikistan's Ak-Baital Pass -- 4,655 meters above sea level. Barren mountains stretched in every direction, casting shadows over the second-highest international road in the world. China loomed over the eastern horizon. Kyrgyzstan was behind us ... Read More ... The Pamir Highway runs through the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) and special permits are required to travel in the region ... ....

Mudslides wipe out homes and livelihoods after torrential rain in Tajikistan (IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)

Edit Public Technologies 17 May 2016
(Source. IFRC - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies). By Andreea Anca, IFRC ... Aini and Panjekent districts of the Sughd province, Baljuvon, Farkhor, Jaloliddin Balhi districts of the Khatlon province, Rasht, Rudaki and Sangvor districts of the Direct Ruled Districts, and Davroz district of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast have all been affected ... (noodl. 33598007) ....

Four New Reasons Why the U.S. Must Stay Engaged in the South Caucasus (The Heritage Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 05 May 2016
(Source. The Heritage Foundation). May 5, 2016 . Issue Brief on International Conflicts. By Luke Coffey. Four developments in the South Caucasus merit close attention ... It is therefore in America's national interest to keep a close eye on developments in the region. Recent Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh ... The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan started in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims on Azerbaijan's Karabakh Autonomous Oblast....

Russia says Turkey seeks for Nagorno-Karabakh war

Edit Press TV 22 Apr 2016
Nagorno-Karabakh, a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan; however, it is governed by the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a nation established on the basis of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. ....

Nagorno-Karabakh says fighter killed by Azeri gunfire

Edit Press TV 19 Apr 2016
A Nagorno-Karabakh fighter has been killed in the disputed region, its self-proclaimed defense ministry says ... (AFP Photo) ... The region is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan; however, it is governed by the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a nation established on the basis of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. ....

New Study Identifies Trade Opportunities on Both Sides of Afghan-Tajik Border

Edit Khaama Press 17 Apr 2016
By. Ahmad Masoud ... Late last year the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Tajikistan signed a contract with Samuel Hall to conduct a study on cross-border economic opportunities in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) region in Tajikistan and Afghan Badakhshan ... Afghanistan and Tajikistan share 1,300 kilometres (810 mile) porous border which is usually threatened by increasing insecurity and armed conflicts....

The Nagorno–Karabakh Conflict: U.S. Vigilance Required (The Heritage Foundation)

Edit Public Technologies 06 Apr 2016
(Source. The Heritage Foundation). April 6, 2016 . Issue Brief on International Conflicts. By Luke Coffey ... According to media reports, dozens of soldiers from both sides have been killed, and Azerbaijani forces have recaptured some of the territory lost to Armenia in the early 1990s ... A Bloody History. The conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan started in 1988 when Armenia made territorial claims on Azerbaijan's Karabakh Autonomous Oblast....

Deep-seated animosity paves way for Armenia, Azerbaijan violence

Edit CNN 04 Apr 2016
Though the administrative borders of the now-defunct Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast covered a 1,700-square-mile region (an area slightly larger than Rhode Island), the government of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic claims its seven regions cover 4,415 square miles (an area about 4/5 the size of Connecticut)....

Reducing Risk and Preparing Communities for Disasters in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan Republics of Central Asia ...

Edit Public Technologies 17 Feb 2016
(Source. Aga Khan Development Network) ... Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO), Tajikistan February 12, 2016 - Hazard Vulnerability and Risk Assessments (HVRAs) have been completed in 339 villages in GBAO and Naryn town, reaching approximately 400,000 individuals and 139 organizations, through the DIPECHO project 'Fostering Disaster Resilient Communities in Isolated Mountain Environments' ... Notes. ... http.//www.akdn.org/focus ... Email....

Azerbaijani MP proposes to restore Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

Edit Topix 02 Feb 2016
APA, Azerbaijan Feb 1 2016 Azerbaijani MP proposes to restore Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Baku. Mubariz Aslanov ` APA ... ....

Putin's Invitation To European Jews Sparks Mixed Reactions

Edit Radio Free Europe 20 Jan 2016
"They can come to us," he told a delegation of the European Jewish Congress (EJC) in Moscow on January 19 ... Authorities in Russia's remote Jewish Autonomous Oblast, which lies close to the Pacific coast on the border with China, have been quick to back Putin's proposal ... The prospect of relocating to Russia, let alone to the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, appears unlikely to appeal to many European Jews ... ....

Will Anger Over Apparent Rigging Of Constitutional Referendum Revive Support For Armenian Opposition?

Edit Radio Free Europe 08 Dec 2015
The two groups said on December 7 that the plebiscite held the previous day was falsified.   ...   ...   ...   ...   ...   ... Opposition Marginalized.   ...   ...  . By contrast, in February 1988, Armenians converged on Yerevan in the hundreds of thousands in support of the popular demand for the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, as it was then called, to be transferred from Azerbaijani to Armenian jurisdiction ...   ... ....
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