Will Rustam Emomali Become The Next President Of Tajikistan?
At age 29, he was appointed as mayor of Dushanbe. In 2018, the Tajik Constitution was amended to allow a
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High Asia
People, livestock in Pamirs, Wakhan at risk
Poverty-stricken people and their livestock are prone to danger of avalanche, starvation due to unprecedented snowfall By Shogulkhon Shoboz
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What newest global glacier volume estimate means for High Mountain Asia
Arley Titzler Recent advances in remote sensing and computational power have allowed scientists to overcome a stubborn obstacle, which limited
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Afghan women’s voices must be heard in US-Taliban peace talks
Letter from more than 600 Afghan women and youths, supported by civil society organisations and public figures including Arundhati Roy,
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‘China is after us’: Uighurs in Pakistan report intimidation
Members of Uighur Muslim community say Islamabad is not fighting for their rights as it keeps close ties with China.
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In Central Asia’s forbidding highlands, a quiet newcomer: Chinese troops
By Gerry Shih NEAR SHAYMAK, Tajikistan — Two miles above sea level in the inhospitable highlands of Central Asia, there’s
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Number of people with HIV infection on rise in northern Tajikistan
News Desk The rise in cases of intentional infection of HIV among the people in the Tajikistan’s northern province of
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US-Taliban talks in Pakistan cancelled
ISLAMABAD The Afghan Taliban militant group has called off planned peace talks in Pakistan, saying that most of the members
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Bridge connecting Tajikistan, Afghanistan reopens
HAH Report An important bridge connecting Tajikistan and Afghanistan across the Panj River reopened on the request of the Afghan
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AKHS expands healthcare in Afghanistan
HAH Report Kabul: The Aga Khan Health Services (AKHS) has taken over management of health care facilities in the Bamyan
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Video of the Week: The Hindu Kush Himalaya assessment
By Peter Deneen This week’s video digests the sobering findings of the Hindu Kush Himalaya assessment. The montage was published by
Read MoreRussia and Kazakhstan: What’s next?
Askar Nursha, a Kazakh political analyst, speaks about relations between Russia and Kazakhstan which were very warm from the very
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Snow-slides block main highways in Tajikistan
By Shogulkhon Shahboz Heavy snowfall on Tuesday blocked again a main highway that connects Dushanbe, Tajikistan’s capital city, with Sughd
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Olzhas Suleimenov on Eurasianism, internationalism and the forgotten past
This interview with Olzhas Suleimenov was initially published in 2015 in the book Art-Atmosphere of Alma-Ata, co-authored by Zitta Sultanbayeva and
Read MoreMonth-old leopard cub caught in Mansehra
MANSEHRA The wildlife department has caught a month-old leopard cub in Khalian village. Deputy divisional officer (wildlife) Khursheed Abbasi said
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