A view of the Wakhan Valley, taken from the remains of the 12th-century Yamchun Fort in the Pamir Mountains, northern Tajikistan.Photo: Christopher Simons

Silent crisis

Pamiri resistance crushed under Rahmon’s rule, reports Tina Burrett.

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NI 552 - Disinformation - November, 2024
Slim pickings: goats wait to head out to graze in Alichur, a settlement of mainly Kyrghyz herders in the Pamir mountains.Photo: Fredrik Lerneryd

The dragon and the bear on the roof of the world

Cash-strapped but strategically important, Tajikistan is undergoing rapid change with its future increasingly being shaped by a power play between China and Russia. Klas Lundström reports.

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NI 537 - How we stop big oil - May, 2022
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Southern Exposure: Buzkashi in Tajikistan

Theodore Kaye photographs Tajikistan's national sport, Buzkashi.

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NI 465 - How the war on pirates became big business - September, 2013
Tajik women rally after divorce-by-text

Tajik women rally after divorce-by-text

Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Tajikistan is experiencing a strange new disintegration of its own. Angela Robson reports.

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NI 445 - Pakistan - daring to hope - September, 2011

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Disinformation November, 2024
How we stop big oil May, 2022
How the war on pirates became big business September, 2013
Pakistan - daring to hope September, 2011
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