The last Kyrghyz ruler in Gilgit
A submachine gun that started a quest to know more about the Kirghiz exodus from the Pamirs Raheel
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Central Asia
Crafts and couture from Central Asia festival
From October 10 to October 13, the George Washington University’s Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies hosted the “Crafts and
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17 killed in IS attack on Tajik border post
The reported shoot-out near the Uzbek and Afghan borders will concern Russia and China as well. The attack in Tajikistan
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Between hope and fear: stories of Uyghur, Kazakh minorities in Xinjiang
An estimated one million people, mostly Muslim minorities, are being held in detention centers across the Xinjiang region in China,
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Books: translating Central Asian literature
HAH Report Shelley Fairweather-Vega, a Seattle-based writer and translator. She translates literature from Russian and Uzbek languages into English.
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Digital transformation at Kyrgyzstan’s heart of development strategy
President Sooronbai Jeenbekov highlighted digital transformation goals for Kyrgyzstan Herald Report Bishkek, (Kyrgyzstan): Technology experts, academics, researchers and government officials at
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of a new ‘Great Game’ and a new status quo in Kashmir-II
By Ghulam Amin Beg When Harrison’s Op-Ed was published in the New York Times in 2010, it was taken by
Read MoreCAREC countries sign declaration to accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy
TASHKENT Nine countries in Central and West Asia on Friday signed a historic declaration that will accelerate cross-border cooperation on energy
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Gilgit-Baltistan: Under the shadow of ‘new great game’ and new status quo in Kashmir-I
By Ghulam Amin Beg On Tuesday, September 14, 2010, I had written this article and published on the Simurgh Institute
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Tajik children’s treacherous journey to school
Herald Report Some 300 children from four villages in the Vahdat district of Tajikistan must make a treacherous
Read MoreIndependent Tajik news agency facing ‘targeted disruption’
Herald Report The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Tajik authorities to investigate the “apparently targeted disruption” of
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In Mongolia, snow leopard reserve gets bigger and better
Its a great news for snow leopards and local herding communities: the Mongolian government has decided to expand the Tost
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Documenting the dying musical traditions
https://vimeo.com/292228936 A documentary by an award-winning Pakistani filmmaker shows the lives of traditional musicians, musical instrument makers and the challenges
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Central Asian steppes mutely watch Taliban’s surge
by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Compared to the events two decades ago when the Afghan Taliban appeared in the Amu Darya
Read MoreTajik man emerges in Afghanistan as leader of IS unit of CA fighters
Sayvaly Shafiev leads a group of about 200 fighters from Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other Central Asian countries in Afghanistan, says
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