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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Rains, flash floods damage roads in parts of GB
Thousands of passengers are stranded at Tatapani area, Shimshal valley due to blockade of roads By Asif Sakhi GOJAL:
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Rains, floods damage road, crop fields, hotel in Passu and Shimshal
https://www.facebook.com/passu.times/videos/683850178755476/?t=0 By Asif Sakhi GOJAL: Recent heavy rains have wreaked havoc in Gojal, upper Hunza damaging roads, washing
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Dinmukhamed Kunaev’s House Museum
Dinmukhamed Kunaev was a leader of Soviet Kazakhstan. As the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Kazakhstan he was
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Hunza: beyond tourism
Hunza valley has suffered the most due to unplanned tourism and unending greed for money and profit. The valley is
Read MoreFood poisoning kills 14 prison inmates in Tajikistan
Tajikistan has opened a criminal investigation after 14 prison inmates died of food poisoning while being transferred from Tajikistan’s
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Trophy hunting: new money new conflicts
The recent opening up of trophy hunting, at very high prices for very few permits, of the markhor mountain goat
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Wooden heritage of Wakhi Pamiri people
Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro on the distinctive aesthetic to be found in Gojal valley, upper Hunza of Gilgit-Baltistan By Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro
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The hegemony of mercantile class and commodification of faith
Haider Ali questions the role of South’s elite class in running community organizations and marginalization of GBC By Haider Ali
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