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Influential figure killed in Tajikistan’s Gorno-Badakhshan region

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By news desk Police in Tajikistan have said that “leader of an organized criminal group,” has been killed as a “result of internal clashes between criminal groups” in the country’s restive Gorno-Badakhshan autonomous region. Mahmadboqir Mahmadboqirov was believed to be one of the influential yet informal leaders of the autonomous oblast. He was said to have been killed on May …

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Tajik security forces kill 25 ethnic Pamiris

By thehighasia
May 20, 2022
in :  Central Asia, High Asia Region, Human Rights, Pamir Ranges, Tajikistan, UN, World
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The Pamir region happens to be the only part of the country where protesters still take to the streets against the government.

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Evolution of Central Asian jewellery art

By thehighasia
January 26, 2022
in :  Arts & Culture, Central Asia, Features, Heritage, High Asia Region, Kyrgyzstan, Lifestyle, People, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
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Zargari

In Central Asia, the art of jewellery is far from forgotten. Across the region, jewellers create beautiful works of art that call to mind the masterpieces produced in the century.

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Afghanistan: New Great Game in the heart of Asia

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December 30, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, China, Conflict, High Asia Region, Kyrgyzstan, Opinion, Pakistan, Politics, Tajikistan, Taliban, Uzbekistan, World
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New-Great-Game

Regional powers are seeking to fill the vacuum left by the abrupt departure of the US and its Western allies.

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Four decades of snow leopards conservation

By thehighasia
December 28, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Biodiversity Conservation, Central Asia, China, Climate Change, Conservation, Features, Gilgit-Baltistan, High Asia Region, India, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, South Asia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang
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Conservation

Considered to be the icons of High Asia, the elusive snow leopards have evolved to live in some of the world’s highest and harshest habitats in 12 countries.

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Call for promotion of Pamirian languages

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November 19, 2021
in :  Central Asia, Education, Gojal, Heritage, Ishkoman, Literature, Pamir Ranges, Tajikistan, UNESCO
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Pamirian-languages

The Pamirian languages’ family comprises Shughni, Rushani, Bartangi, Roshorvi, Wakhi, Yazgulyami, Rini, Sanglichi, Munji, Sariqoli, Ishkashimi, Oroshor, and Starovanj. The languages are spoken by communities in Badakhshan provinces of Tajikistan and Afghanistan and the Toshqurghan county of Xinjiang autonomous region of China. In Pakistan, the Wakhi language is spoken in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Gojal-Hunza District, Ishkoman Valley of Ghizer District and Chitral’s Broghel Valley.

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Tajikistan approves construction of Chinese base

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October 30, 2021
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Tajikstan

Beijing’s security presence in Central Asia grows DUSHANBE: Tajikistan has approved the construction of a new Chinese-funded base near the country’s border with Afghanistan as Tajik officials warn of growing threats emanating from its southern neighbour.In a separate development, the Tajik government has offered to transfer full control of a preexisting Chinese military base in the country to Beijing and …

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Why Tajikistan is taking a stand against the Taliban

By thehighasia
October 27, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Central Asia, Conflict, Opinion, Slider, Tajikistan, Taliban
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Takjikistan Stance on Talibanan

Tajikistan has no intention of getting into a direct confrontation with the Taliban. Rather, by taking a few more risks than its neighbours, the Tajik leadership is counting on boosting its popularity, both at home and abroad.

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Afghan pilots tell of daring escape from Taliban, and of life in limbo in Tajikistan

By thehighasia
October 8, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, Conflict, High Asia Region, Latest, Resistance, Slider, Tajikistan
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The group, which includes two female military pilots, said they do not want to remain in Tajikistan and hope to resettle in the United States

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Tajik militants in control of Badakhshan’s five border districts

By thehighasia
August 3, 2021
in :  Afghanistan, High Asia Region, Pamir Ranges, Slider, Tajikistan
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In Afghanistan, Arsalon and other Tajik militants are known as the “Tajik Taliban.” But in reality, they are members of Jamaat Ansarullah, which is banned in Tajikistan as a terrorist group.

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Hundreds of Afghan soldiers escape to Tajikistan

By thehighasia
July 10, 2021
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Afghan conflict

In places where the Afghan defence forces and the local uprising forces stood against the Taliban, not only did the Taliban fail to gain any territory, but its forces were also thoroughly defeated.

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Tajik buzkashi horsewoman breaks barriers

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June 17, 2021
in :  Arts & Culture, Central Asia, Features, Latest News, Slider, Society, Sports, Tajikistan, Women
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Buzkashi

Tajik rider Malika Rajabova is used to being the only woman on the field when she plays buzkashi, a Central Asian sport in which competitors on horseback fight to grab a goat carcass.

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Kyrgyz-Tajik conflict: solving water puzzle key to preventing fresh fighting

By thehighasia
May 23, 2021
in :  Central Asia, Conflict, Kyrgyzstan, Latest News, Tajikistan
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Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan may be inching closer than ever to hashing out a border delimitation deal that will end decades of territorial ambiguity.

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Pakistan’s climate catastrophe

Unprecedented flash floods, water scarcity, dying glaciers, abruptly changing weather patterns, rising cases of rare diseases, and climate-change-induced loss of natural habitat are some of the discernible symptoms that are already on display in the South Asian country.

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