Palace of Unity
{{Short description|Headquarters of Tajikistan's ruling People's Democratic Party}}
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Image:Dushanbe Vahdat Palace.jpg
The Palace of Unity ({{langx|ru|Дворец Единства|Dvorets Edinstva}}; Tajik: Кохи Ваҳдат/Kokhi Vahdat/کاخ وحدت), also referred to as Vahdat Palace ({{langx|ru|Кохи Вахдат|Kokhi Vakhdat}}), is a building in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.{{cite news|work=Simo News |url=http://www.simonews.tj/news/100271.html |date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2008-01-02 |title=Explosion in center of Dushanbe }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Located in the northern part of Dushanbe's main thoroughfare, Rudaki Avenue, near Hotel Avesto and the embassy of Uzbekistan, it is the headquarters of the ruling People's Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences.{{cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/11/ee4aa41e-574d-4586-9a30-218f76d7e758.html|work=Radio Liberty|publisher=Radio Free Europe|title=Tajik Officials Call Dushanbe Explosion A Terrorist Act|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-15}}
November 2007 bombing
In November 2007, a bomb was left in a plastic bag near a wall outside of the Palace.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} A 77-year-old man, variously reported to be a janitor, a street sweeper, or a security guard, was the only victim; he was killed at 08:10 on 14 November 2007 when he picked up the plastic bag containing the bomb, causing it to explode. The explosion also blew out many windows at the palace.{{cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Explosive Device Kills Guard in Tajikistan|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-15|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-tajikistan-blast.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=RjwilmsiBot}}{{cite news|title=Tajikistan: street-sweeper killed in an explosion near the presidential palace in Dushanbe |url=http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2228 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709224229/http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2228 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-09 |work=Ferghana.ru }}{{cite news|url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=613480|title=Tacikastan'daki patlama terör saldırısı (Terror explosion attack in Tajikistan)|work=Zaman Gazetesi|language=Turkish|date=2007-11-14|accessdate=2007-11-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716055353/http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=613480|archivedate=2011-07-16}}