. >>> almost 1 million leave tajikistan to go to russia. they rely highly on the money they send home. but as lidy dutt records. >> reporter: it is wedding season in tajikistan. this young groom has returned from russia to get married and once his bride is settled in at home he plans to go back. but community groups that work with the families of migrant workers warn of tough times for those left behind. >> translator: migrant workers learn russian go to the big cities and learn new skills. but this means they are far from home. this is a big problem. >> reporter: particularly for those looking for the perfect partner. this woman has been trying to find a husband for three years. but with 80% of tajiks, men between the ages of 18 and 25 working in russia mr. right is hard to find in the local personal ads. >> translator: all the good guys are working in russia. there aren't many men around here and the ones that are, are not very well educated and don't earn enough to raise a family. >> reporter: poverty and a lack of jobs force 1 out of 8

. >> why getting married and staying married is hard in tajikistan's society. plus... ..the difficulty of educating young people who escaped conflict, and a dangerous boat journey to come to europe. >> in sport, kenya's runners ensure an historic end to the marathon. more on that. >>> a military vehicle has been bombed in the afghan capital a day before the new president is due to be sworn in. no one was killed. it was near the presidential palace and several embassies. security is tight in kabul ahead of ashraf ghani, replacing long-time leader hamid karzai. jennifer glasse has more. >> the bombing was a magnetic bomb attached to the underside of a military truck in the center of kabul, exploding at the edge of the compound. just about 24 hours before the inauguration held inside that presidential compound. and while it was a small bomb, one person was injured. i am sure it would be putting african security forces on high alert. we expect it to be shut down tomorrow as dignitaries arrive for the inauguration of ashraf ghani, as president hamid karzai hands ove

most afghans cross the border into tajikistan. but many say life is far from easy. >> rogana and her family have lived on the fringe of tajik society for years. they are not allowed to get help from the educational system or live in the capital. >> my girls work in the local market and go to school. my husband cannot get work here. >> but the challenges are similar to those that force around 1 million taajiks to leae every year. deteriorating conditions in afghanistan could place on this small impoverished country. >> we do not anticipate large scale influxes of refugees from afghanistan. we don't think that's likely put we know there will be an increase of flows and we need to be ready. >> from those here life is far from certain. returning to afghanistan is far from certain and so they're trapped in a place they never planned to call home. did time for sport, robin. >> four bowls are reaching their conclusion at the ryder cup, currently, europe is up in one and down in two. saturday's playing, they're poadgepledged, the other tw

. >>> getting married and staying married is hard in tajikistan's changing society. >>> the tough job of educating the young who survived conflict and a dangerous boat journey to come to europe. sport and a world record. kenya's runners ensure there's an historic end to the berlin marathon. >>> we understand that at least seven people have been killed. a bomb went off in the north-west of pakistan in hang-go district at a camp for people that have been forced to leave their homes. hundreds of thousands were displaced across the region, by a military provision to fush out fighters. military have been bombed in the capital. a day before a president was due to be sworn in. in app exploegs near the presidential palace. >> the bomb on an army truck exploded outside the presidential palace. 24 hours before the inauguration, injuring a driver. the attack under lines the security challenges the new unity government will face. taliban fighters will battle afghan forces cross the country, troops are suffering their worst losses, an average of 18 afghans a day - soldiers and civilians. despite t

nearly a million people leave tajikistan to work in russia. their absence is leaving many women at a loss. >> reporter: it's wedding season in turk ebbingize tan, and celebrations are in full swing. that groom returned from russia to get married. once his bride is settled in, he plans to go back. community groups that work with the family of migrant workers warn of tough times for those left behind. >> reporter: migrant workers and russians go to the big cities and learn new skills. they are far from home. this is a big problem. >> reporter: particularly for those looking for the perfect partner. this woman has been trying to find a husband for three years. with 80%, mostly men, working in russia, mr right is hard to find in the local personal ads. >>> all the good guys are working this russia, there aren't many men, and the ones that are are not well educated and don't raise enough to raise a family. >> reporter: poverty and lack of the jobs means many leave the country. it challenges the value of this conservative society. most tajik familie

determined to respond to europe's sanctions -- a state visit to touch it to stand -- a state visit to tajikistan. >> our position is making this type of decision at the very moment when the peace process is gaining stability we hope means a disruption to the peace process. the eu sanctions target the important oil industry. it will lose access to funding and the latest technology. major russian banks also face losing western capital, as does the defense industry. russia could counter with a band of imports or a ban on airline overflights. >> obviously, we are ready to do that, but i would rather fly around russia than see people being killed in ukraine. that has just got to stop. >> the eu is also showing solidarity with ukraine. european commission president visited the ukrainian president in kiev, and that the subsequent press conference, there was a surprising offer to defuse the conflict with russia. poroshenko said he would delay full implementation of the agreement until the end of next year, a step welcomed by moscow. >> with the latest eu sanctions coming into force, everyone is waiting

thousands of afghan refugees in the central asian country oftagetageoftag tajikistan.y are now facing new difficulties. >> they are hopeful they will find a safe place to call home. in august, they traveled around 1,000 kilometers from jilaliabd to the tajikastan border? >> we want to be resettled in the next one or two months because we fear we are in danger here we believe the enemies can come to this country and threaten us. >> she and her family have joined a small but anxious group of afghan ref jeez. they came here because they were worried about safetyugees. they came here because they were worried about safety. >> the afghans that go to pakistan face security chal edges like tore temperature and brib briber. the police also imprison them. >> around 4,000 afghan refugees live in tajakistan. many are desperate to be resettled in western countries. >> most cross the border with a valid visa. once here, many say life is far from easy. >> the family have lived on the fringes of tajik society for four years according to local laws, they are not allowed to get

the saudi fighter and another from tajikistan in iraqi custody. thursday, iraq state tv broadcast their confessions obtained by the iraqi military. cnn cannot verify the conditions under which these confessions were obtained. the saudi identified, explaining how he ended up in iraq. he is just 18. a first-year religious studies college student like many of isis recruitrecruits, he was ind and recruited by jihadists online. in july, he traveled from saudi to kuwait, from there on to turkey, a main route for jihadis into syria. handlers who met him in sere wra took away his passport and phone. he spent a week, he estimates, with 270 fresh fighters. >> translator: there are many nationalities, from norway, america, canada, somalia, korea, china, turkmenistan, egypt, tunisia, lebanon, and other european countries such as germany and france. >> reporter: none use their real names like him. all young, he says. >> translator: from germany, i knew abu hanza and from britain, and from america, one named abu ibrahim. >> reporter: after 22 days at a religiou