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Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Authorities have responded to public fears by forming a committee to oversee existing committees.

Attention will now turn to the delicate process of enabling children to readapt to normal civilian life.

Rahmon rarely acknowledges major disasters, but he may feel the need to paper over fraught relations with the Pamiris.

174,000 Tajiks became citizens of Russia in 2022, up from 104,000 the year before.

Beg Sabur has been dispatched to the Pamirs to start work on overhauling the nation's internet.

Moscow curries favor, neighbors seek more gas, and Turkmenistan’s colossal methane pollution could power Afghanistan at little cost many times over. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned.

An official has identified the new purchases as Aksungur and Anka UAVs.

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The state-owned electricity provider had been suspending supplies from 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. daily.

Police are enforcing an unwritten moral code that applies only to women.

In response, Beijing urged its nationals to leave Afghanistan. Then a Chinese firm signed a big new oil deal in the country’s north.

Temperatures in Kazakhstan are slipping to below -30 degrees Celsius.

Video footage shows Abdukakhkhor Rozikov's body covered in bruising.

Tajikistan has struggled for over a decade to raise funds for the world's tallest dam, leaving its population freezing each winter and skimping on basic social services.

Mamadshoeva is just one among a countless number of Pamiris subjected to arbitrary trials in recent months.

Nuraliyev's time at the National Bank was dominated by a series of restrictions.

The countries have agreed to systematize defense cooperation.

Dushanbe apparently began producing Iranian drones under license earlier this year.

Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can afford.

Pirmukhammadzoda says he has no hope in the justice system and expects to receive a lengthy sentence.

Both sides are accusing one another of secretly returning troops and weapons to the contested border.

Media accounts appear to suggest the men had been enlisted in the Russian army against their will.