Tajik
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Tajiks,
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Tajik
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a member of a people living mainly in Tadzhikistan, as well as parts of Afghanistan and China.
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Also Tajiki the Iranian language spoken by the Tajiks, closely related to Persian but in Tadzhikistan written in the Cyrillic alphabet.
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The first member of the network discovered by Binance’s investigators was the high-value customer, a Tajik man named Sukhrob Oimakhmadov.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
A second man, Afghan national Tajik Mohammed, was given a two-year sentence after pleading guilty to piloting a vessel across the Channel during poor weather conditions in January.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Despite the current trend, Tajik mosaic artist Dzhuraev wants to believe that "the time will come" when mosaics will once again adorn buildings.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Tajik Mohammad, 32, had been piloting an overcrowded dinghy across the English Channel in poor weather conditions on 17 January.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
The kebab man, a Tajik, had taken offense and demanded a retraction.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
Worried by the recruitment of Tajiks into jihadist groups and by the Taliban's return to power in neighbouring Afghanistan, Rakhmon has sought to stamp out radical Islam.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
The rules, which apply only to ethnic Tajiks, collide with deep-rooted Central Asian traditions, where children's names carry great symbolic importance.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026
But many Tajiks are also radicalised in Afghanistan, says Qasimshah Iskandarov.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024
He said scores of Tajiks and hundreds of Pakistanis involved in various incidents were also arrested during that period.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 31, 2023
“No one is perfect. We have all made mistakes—Pukhtuns, Tajiks, and others,” continued Habib.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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