Key facts
- Tajikistan's new optical fiber runs through the Pamir Mountains and offers a direct link to Hong Kong.
- The link is Tajikistan's fifth international communication access point, according to the report.
- Three Russian data centers were hit by Ukrainian drone attacks in October 2026, the report said.
Tajikistan launched an optical fiber link between its capital Dushanbe and Beijing, the report said, days after three Russian data centers were hit by Ukrainian drone attacks in October 2026. The strikes disrupted taxi, delivery and payment apps across Central Asia, according to the report.
The fiber runs through the Pamir Mountains and offers a direct link to Hong Kong, which the report describes as one of the largest internet traffic exchange points in the Asia-Pacific. It marks Tajikistan's fifth international communication access point.
The report says Kazakhstan and other states to the west are also weighing their options, but the excerpt ends there and gives no further detail on those deliberations.