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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"I had a surge of patriotism and wanted to change my documents and get a Tajik first and last name, without the '-ov' ending," Alisher Rustamov, a Tajik who works in Russia, told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 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
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
Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said on Saturday that "we have started serious investigations into" the recent "incidents" on Tajik soil.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
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
Unlike other Central Asian leaders, Tajik President Emomali Rakhmon, who has been in power since 1992, has criticised the Taliban and urged them to respect the rights of ethnic Tajiks in Afghanistan.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
“We need to understand — who is recruiting young Tajiks, why do they want to highlight us as a nation of terrorists?” said the mother, Muyassar Zargarova.
From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2024
Turkey in particular has become a logistical hub for IS, he says, because both Tajiks and Russians can travel there without a visa.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2024
“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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