Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Feb 11, 2026 (AFP) - Veteran Tajik leader's absence raises health questions

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2026-02-11

Tajikistan's long-time leader Emomali Rakhmon has not appeared in public for two weeks, raising questions about the health of the president of the Central Asian nation bordering Afghanistan and China. Rakhmon came to power of the poor mountainous ex-Soviet republic at the start of a five-year civil war that erupted in 1992, a year after Tajikistan declared independence. A Soviet-era cotton farm boss, he played a key role in ending the conflict a......

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