On May 22, seven participants from Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Drug Control Agency and the General Prosecutor’s Office graduated from the course on “Police Media Relations” sponsored by the U.S. Embassy’s Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) program. The Police Media Relations course focused on promoting and supporting human rights as a part of the daily ... Read More»
U.S. Government Supports Health Care in Tajikistan
United States Ambassador Susan M. Elliott and USAID Central Asia Deputy Mission Director David Brown, together with Tajikistan Deputy Minister of Health and Social Protection of the Population (MOHSPP) Navruz Jaffarov, co-chaired a conference devoted to the close out of the USAID Quality Health Care Project. The event highlighted the many impacts of the project, ... Read More»
U.S. Embassy Train Law Enforcement Officers
On May 15, Assistant Regional Security Officer (ARSO) Trey Howerton, of the U.S. Embassy in Tajikistan, congratulated 22 participants from Tajikistan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Committee on National Security, and the General Prosecutor’s Office for completing the Antiterrorism Assistance (ATA) course on “Interviewing Terrorist Suspects.” The Interviewing Terrorist Suspects course was aimed at ... Read More»
U.S. Ambassador to the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies to Lead Journalists on a Visit to Tajikistan
Ambassador David Lane, the U.S. Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies in Rome, will travel to Tajikistan from May 11-16, 2015. Together with U.S. Ambassador to Tajikistan Susan Elliott, he will visit rural communities and observe how the United States and the UN Food and Agriculture Agencies collaborate to support rural households, ... Read More»
U.S. Funded Border Guards Training Center Opens at Halqayar
U.S. Ambassador Susan Elliott and General Rajabali Rakhmonali, Chairman of the Main Department of Border Guards under the State Committee of National Security, cut the ribbon today which officially opened the Halqayar Border Guards training center outside of Panj. Funded by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL), the ... Read More»