Tajikistan seeks extradition of fighters, recruiters for IS
RFE/RL Four Islamic State (IS) extremists that Dushanbe is trying to extradite from Syria include Tajik militants linked
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Central Asia
Shot, then rescued, Kyrgyz snow leopard begins recovery
blob:https://www.rferl.org/dcefe08e-1a40-434b-bb68-ee6b75191810 A Kyrgyz wildlife center is nursing a snow leopard named Zhaabars back to health after he was badly wounded
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Drone tech makes communities resilient to natural disasters
File photo of the confluence of Khurdopin and Yokshin Glacier and blockade of Verjherav glacio-fluvial stream. Credit: MIMCP HAH Report
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How Ikat accompanied history in Central Asia
Ikat is a fabric that got its name from the resist dye technique used to make its patterns. But Professor
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In conversation with Chomsky: Intellectuals, imperialism and human nature
The criticism of Western policy by the so-called free press within narrow bounds has subtle effect of imposing the hegemonic doctrine of imperialism, serves the western dominant intellectual culture and its institutions, says Prof Noam Chomsky
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‘Most ice on earth is very close to melting conditions’
Even if we change our emissions now, we are committed to a lot of ice melt, says Prof. Kääb. Image
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High Asia Exclusive: panelists for new social contract, ecological citizenship
By Farman Ali We are pleased to announce the soft launching of the High Asia TV transmission with an
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At least 15 killed, 40 injured in Kazakhstan plane crash
In this handout photo provided by the Emergency Situations Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, police and rescuers work on
Read MoreBusiness empire tied to Tajik president keeps on running
President Rahmanov’s son-in-law Shamsullo, pictured in the blue suit, controls a vast amount of wealth in Tajikistan. DUSHANBE: Three months
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Plunder and patronage in the ‘independent’ Central Asian heartland
The four brothers at the heart of the Abdukadyr family business. Photo OCCRP. Tycoon at the centre of the Kyrgyz
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Destroying Soviet architecture in Central Asia
Herald Report Soviet architecture in Central Asia, as the name tells, is a fusion of Soviet modernity with traditional Central
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Tajik MPs approve bill legalizing stateless residents
Parliamentarians green-light bill that will legalise 20,000 stateless residents from former Soviet republics DUSHANBE: Tajik lawmakers have approved a
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The art of neighbourhoods
Border dynamics, natural resources, and mobility in Central Asia
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The ethnographic collection of Kyrgyz museum of fine arts
The Gapar Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts has played a significant role in exploring and preserving the rich history of Kyrgyzstan’s applied and fine arts for nearly a century.
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The dark-money men
On the last night of his life, Khusan Kerimov had a package to deliver: $1.6 million in cash. Late in the evening on October
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