Snow leopards community conservation in Kibber
Want to learn more about National Geographic’s feature on snow leopards and community conservation? Ajay Bijoor takes you behind the
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Central Asia
Poppy production rises in Badakhshan province
blob:https://www.rferl.org/f0105167-7ca9-4487-9108-c8abda861a2b Afghanistan lost $1 million in international funding this year making the drive to halt heroin production in Badakhshan even more
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Feminism in Central Asia: what went wrong?
Zulaykho Usmanova addressing Women Forum in Dushanbe Feminism is not adequately perceived in Central Asian societies, writes Lolisanam Ulugova in
Read MoreMubarak Wakhani: Yumgan’s Leonardo da Vinci
https://youtu.be/Z-k1BlHYpXc Yumgan Wakhani Museum is a treasure trove of artefacts, pottery, musical instruments and various objects invented by or remained
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Pamir Mountains: how medicinal, aromatic plants contribute to food security
Agricultural village in Badakhshan, Afghanistan. Photo by Christopher Wilton-Steer/UCA Herald Report In Pamir mountains of High Asia region with limited
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Book: Tribes of the Hindoo Koosh
British colonial officer John Biddulph’s book is considered as one of the pioneering works in English that provided an insight to
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Mother Mountain
M Ajmal K Masood While travelling to the north, most of the youth make their travelling statuses
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The Pamirian Languages: Between Past and Future
The case of the Shughni language by Farman Ali The Pamirian languages are spoken by people in Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Gilgit-Baltistan
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Global tourist arrivals could fall by 80pc: reports
The pandemic causes a 22% decline in tourist arrivals in Q1, or $80bn loss, says UNWTO reports Herald Report
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Uzbek authorities launch probe into dam burst
The newly-built Sardoba reservoir breached its wall on May 1 prompting a mass evacuation Uzbekistan’s President Shavkat Mirziyoev meets with evacuees
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Tajikistan reports first deaths from coronavirus
Universities closed. The global death toll is approaching 230,000 with more than 3.2 million infections confirmed, causing mass disruptions. Tajikistan
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Tajikistan bans Russified surnames
Lawmakers in a move to revive traditional names approve a bill banning identification documents containing Russified surname News Desk DUSHANBE:
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Tajik farmers told to avoid fasting
Tajikistan, where around 65 per cent of the population works in agriculture, claims to not have any cases of coronavirus.
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German police arrest four Tajiks suspected of plotting terrorist attack
The suspects are said to be members of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group News Desk Germany has detained
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Kyrgyz Tablighi infecting others after refusing to self-quarantine
Police in Kyrgyzstan’s northeastern Naryn province are preparing charges against a man infected with the coronavirus who refused to
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