Independent 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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Kashmiris accuse Indian troops of beatings, abuse
They’re marauding our homes like a victorious army, say Kashmiris Herald Report Stories of brutality, violence, arrests, and intimidation of
Read MoreOver 20 protesters arrested after pro-independence rally in AJK
At least 22 arrested after demonstrators clashed with police near Tatrinote village in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. News Desk Police have arrested
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Ishkoman’s impressive Immit valley
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro offers a portrait of the village of Immit in Ghizer district by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro While going
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Uchawo festival ends amid dances, songs
Young people select their future life partner; tourists complain about dilapidated roads, lack of facilities in Kalash valley By
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Lahori paragliding pilot falls to death in Chitral
HAH Correspondent CHITRAL: A paragliding pilot has fallen to death in Chitral, police sources told The High Asia Herald. According
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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
Read MoreOur Kashmiriyat was pro-poor and anti-landlord
Article 370 enabled Kashmir to give land to the tiller. Today, that freedom is gone by Nyla Ali Khan The
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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
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Kashmir lockdown: The silence is the loudest sound
https://www.nytimes.com/video/players/offsite/index.html?videoId=100000006653817/ The Indian government has confined about seven million Kashmiris to their homes and imposed a complete communications
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Nepal sets new rules for Everest climbers after deadly season
Permit will depend on climbers having ascended at least one 6,500-metre Nepalese peak Also see: https://news.yahoo.com/nepal-may-implement-safety-measures-172348951.html All climbers seeking a
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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History: Lost Sogdian art in China
Little is known of the lives of Sogdians in China, even though the Chinese connections of Sogdian elites played an
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Why you should listen?
The High Asia Herald/TV Special The Hindu Kush Himalaya region is the world’s third-largest repository of ice, after the North
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Passu win All Gojal T-20 cricket championship trophy
Ghulkin ended runner up. Twenty teams from all over Gojal participated in 10 days events. By Asif Sakhi PASSU (Gojal):
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