By empty (10/26/2004 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Tajik citizens returning to Tajikistan by train through Uzbekistan will now need Uzbek visas, Tajik Border Protection Committee official Khalil Boboev told Avesta on 26 October. Boboev said that Tajikistan has received official notice from Uzbek authorities that \"only after receiving a visa for the Republic of Uzbekistan will it be possible to make travel arrangements [through Uzbekistan back to Tajikistan].\" (Avesta).