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and responsibilities he has undertaken include correspondent of

Komsomoli Tojikiston (1981-1982); correspondent of Adabiyot va
San'at (1982-1986); military service in Afghanistan [interpreter] (1986-
1988); director of political and social issues at Adabiyot va San'at
(1988-1991); deputy editor-in-chief of the Haftganj (1991); deputy
editor-in-chief, and editor-in chief of Charoghi Ruz (1992-1993);
responsible editor of Golos weekly in Moscow (1993-1994); expert for
Nezavisimaya Gazeta [Moscow] (1994-1995); and broadcaster for
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), Tajik Services (1995 to
the present).
Between 1990 and 1993, Aiyoubov served as a Member of the Pre-
sidium of Tajikistan's Union of Journalists. He was the President of the
Association of Tajik Independent Journalists between 1993 and 1997.
He is the recipient of the 1991 Grand Prize of the CIS Confederation of
Journalists. Aiyoubov's publications include Darvozahoi Kobul (The
Gates of Kabul, 1992), Gungi Khobdida (The Sleeping Mute, 1999), a
collection of stories published in Moscow, Devor (The Wall, 1991)
another collection of stories, published in Dushanbe, and the
documentary Hamosai Paikon (The Epic of the Arrow, 1990), also
published in Dushanbe. His Tajikistan in the 20
th
 Century, edited by Iraj
Bashiri, was broadcast by RFE/RL in Tajikistan in 1999.
Aiyoubov has traveled in Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the USA, and
the UK. At the present, he lives with his wife and two sons in Prague,
Czech Republic.
Akasharif
See Juraev, Sharif
Akbar Qahhorov
See Turajonzoda, Hoji Akbar.
Akbar Tursunzod
See Tursunov, Akbar.