The Tajik government asked Russia in 2004 to pull out its troops.
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He is a member of the Tajik community, Afghanistan's second-largest ethnic group.
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Buildings in the Tajik capital Dushanbe were also damaged by the tremors.
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They are of Tajik, Uzbek or Mongol descent and largely Shia Muslim.
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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Tajik women who are optimistic about the region's redevelopment.
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The card read: 'Shnurkov, N. E., Irrigation and the prospects for agriculture in the Tadzhik SSR.
Uso de Tajiki en inglés
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Concerns have been raised over Tajiki's trial, including the reliance on confessions that activists say were obtained under duress.
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James Lynch, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa programme at Amnesty International, called on Iran to immediately halt Tajiki's execution.
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Tajiki was arrested in May 2012 alongside a number of teenagers.