On 2 November 2019, the BBC reported that nine children were killed whilst they walked to school in Afghanistan. The 8 boys and 1 girls were aged between seven and ten years old and suffered a horrific death as they were blown up by a land mine that was deliberately planted.

On October 12, 2019, a service was held for the first time in the capital of Tatarstan at the memorial church to the Russian invaders killed during the capture of Kazan. The service was held with the blessing of Metropolitan Theophanes. The bishop services at this monument are held for the first time in a hundred years.

As expected, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s offensive into northern Syria fizzles out without achieving the stated aim of establishing a Turkish controlled safe zone 32km deep into Syrian territory. But the political astute among the Ummah fully anticipated this development as true to form.

The Tajik authorities have again activated the topic of the alleged breakthrough into the country from Afghanistan by some militants. Thus, on October 16, the Lower House of the Parliament of Tajikistan ratified the Agreement on the procedure for the formation and use of joint teams of specialists (experts) of border agencies to respond quickly to the threats of the border security at external borders in some former Soviet states.