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plague tombstone

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities bristle at Black Death research

Officials suspect a newly published paper on the 14th century plague is a plot to kill the country's tourism industry.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 17, 2022
asses in spring

Kyrgyzstan’s donkeys-to-China trade courts controversy, corruption

Religious mores, politics and the coronavirus have cast a shadow over one of the few Kyrgyz products China buys.
Aigerim Turgunbaeva, Chris Rickleton May 30, 2022
Shamiyev’s supporters

“I avenged my father”: A saga of crime and bloodshed in the highlands of Kyrgyzstan

The criminal underworld reaches across generations.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva May 16, 2022
Beishenaliyev

The rough-tongued poison-prescriber overhauling Kyrgyzstan’s healthcare system

Beishenaliyev enjoys a close relationship with the president.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Apr 11, 2022
A Pakistani student seeking medical assistance after an assault. (Photo: Pakistani Student Federation)

Kyrgyzstan: Pakistani students demand protection from assaults

Victims of crime say they are not properly treated by police.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Dec 23, 2021
Afghan Tajik border

Afghan refugees hope Tajikistan is just a pit stop

Middle-class Afghans with the means to navigate Tajikistan’s bureaucracy see the country as a springboard to the West.
Kamila Ibragimova Oct 15, 2021
woman carrying water

Turkmenistan: Water mess

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Sep 7, 2021
Turkmenistan ambulances

Turkmenistan: Sins of commission

The government signals it is taking COVID a bit more seriously, without admitting the virus is running rampant. And Ashgabat gets down to business with the Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 31, 2021
Embassy of Pakistan

Kyrgyzstan: Afghanistan crisis seen stoking xenophobia for Pakistanis

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.
Chris Rickleton Aug 24, 2021
Bromide bros (Tajikistan presidential administration)

Turkmenistan: Trading places

That Central Asia's presidents seemed to enjoy themselves together was itself a breakthrough. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 10, 2021
A bus in Bishkek on June 24

Kyrgyzstan: As third COVID-19 wave hits, protection options vanishingly small

Cases are rising rapidly and vaccines – for those who want them – are hard to find.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jun 24, 2021
Medicine man (president.kg)

Kyrgyzstan: President prescribes poison root for COVID-19

The health minister then drank the concoction at a press conference.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Apr 16, 2021
Not modeling caution: A meeting of the Uzbek and Kyrgyz presidents on March 11 (Uzbek government handout)

As a possible new COVID-19 wave looms, Central Asia is napping

The region appears wholly unprepared for the latest rise in cases.
Mar 17, 2021
Worth their weight in tomatoes: Prices for food are spiking. (Photo: Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: Authorities worry over fuel, food cost rises

The government has limited fuel exports, citing the need to stabilize prices.
Chris Rickleton Mar 5, 2021
Chinese flag (all photos by Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: Waiting and loathing on the Chinese border

It can take four days to get to the front of the line at this bitterly cold pass almost two miles high.
Danil Usmanov Mar 4, 2021

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