The House version of the bill included for the first time provision for aid for the 115,000 refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh, but this was absent from the Senate draft. Remaining differences between the two bills will be reconciled on 31 July. The unnamed correspondent confirmed that Tajik government forces had regained control of the town on 12 July. The date has been disputed by the opposition which claims the government launched an offensive to reclaim the town after a ceasefire agreement had been signed in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. There has been no other independent confirmation of the situation in Tavil-Dara.
Fighting continues in many of the villages surrounding the town.
Osimi was the leader of the Payvand organization which keeps in touch with Tajik communities around the world. He was not known to have been involved in any political activity. Security services in Tajikistan speculate the murder was aimed at further destabilizing the situation in the country but have no leads to the murderer. The project includes the development of a new bauxite deposit in Kostanai and new processing facilities at the main Pavlodar plant. Inc. All rights reserved.