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The pressure comes months after a crackdown in the Pamirs against followers of the Europe-based religious leader.

The five presidents could not seal a friendship deal or agree on which challenges face their region.

The gathering had been intended to create regional solidarity in the face of overbearing pressure from China, Russia.

Because official statistics are nonsense, we look to personnel reshuffles to understand where the government recognizes it is underperforming. Our weekly briefing.

Government explanations are hard to believe, and do not hide the poverty and abuse fueling unrest.

The visit came shortly after the top U.S. general in the region dropped by.

Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.

Officials insist only armed men have been killed, but chatter on social media describes at least some of the fatalities as civilians.

Khorog has reportedly been encircled by government troops and internet connections have been suspended.

Amriddin Alovatshoyev’s trial lasted only two hours.

The president’s visit to Batken was a missed opportunity for peacemaking, locals say.

As anti-Russian sentiment rises in Georgia, the many Russians here share Georgians’ shock and disgust at what is happening in Ukraine.

The damage incurred to the Russian economy spells bad news for labor migrants earning rubles.

Yatimov has run the security services since 2010.

Emomali's hands-on management style appears designed to cast him in the role of the listening leader.