LONDON, December 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, through the Ministry of Mines (the "Ministry"), is pleased to announce the

Text of report by state-owned Tajik Television First Channel on 13 October A decree by Tajik President Emomali Rahmon on appointing [Sharofiddin Zuhuriddinovich] Imomov as ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Under Article 69 of the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, I order that Sharofiddin Zuhuriddinovich Imomov be appointed ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Republic of Tajikistan to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.

Text of report by privately-owned Tajik news agency Asia-Plus Dushanbe, 8 October: Regular intergovernmental Tajik-German two- day talks on social and economic issues started in Dushanbe today.

Excerpt from report by privately-owned Tajik news agency Asia- Plus Dushanbe, 3 October: Officers of the Agency for State Financial Control and Combating Corruption of Tajikistan have launched a criminal case against the former director of the Norak hydroelectric power station, Mahmadullo Qurbonov.

Excerpt from report by state-owned Tajik news agency Khovar website Dushanbe, 27 September: Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, who is now in New York, has met UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The two discussed issues of Tajikistan's cooperation with the UN and its institutions and programmes.