Tajik security forces mistake hunters for militants The government is eager to preserve the narrative that threats are external. Nov 11, 2019
As ever, Tajikistan responds to bloodshed with obfuscation The government says the Islamic State attacked a remote border outpost this week, but was successfully repelled. Its story is already crumbling. Nov 8, 2019
Tajikistan: 17 killed in attack on border outpost Authorities pinned the assault on the Islamic State group. Nov 6, 2019
Tajikistan renews accreditation for some RFE/RL journalists, not leadership Eleven journalists are still without papers. Kamila Ibragimova Oct 31, 2019
Tajikistan says it will release 20,000 prisoners But nobody knows how many people are even behind bars. Oct 25, 2019
Tajikistan’s prison system claims victims and makes monsters This past year has seen a spate of largely unexplained mass deaths among convicts. Kamila Ibragimova Oct 16, 2019
Tajikistan: Domestic violence goes ignored And the country has only four women’s shelters. Sep 20, 2019
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan flounder in finding fix for border woes In a worrying departure from how these incidents typically unfold, government troops appear to have been involved in fighting from the start. Sep 18, 2019
Four killed in Tajikistan-Kyrgyzstan border clash Both sides accuse one another of triggering the unrest Sep 17, 2019
Kyrgyzstan: Latin (alphabet) fever takes hold Any alphabet switch remains hypothetical due to budget and geopolitical considerations. Chris Rickleton Sep 13, 2019
China taking Big Brother to Central Asia China is exporting its model of invasive, all-encompassing surveillance to Central Asia, often for free. Niva Yau Sep 6, 2019
Clash of drones highlights rising tensions over South Ossetia Analysts say tensions between Georgia and its breakaway region are the highest they’ve been since the 2008 war with Russia. Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 4, 2019
Turkmenistan: Kicking the Coke habit Racketeers, cotton-picking, a Russian consultant. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing. Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 3, 2019
Tajikistan: Imams do government's bidding – and building Clerics in the northern Sughd region are building premises for the ruling party. Sep 2, 2019