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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
Tajik teacher

Tajikistan: Teachers leaving for Russia and not looking back

Salaries were always horribly low but living costs have soared since the pandemic began.
Nov 10, 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
Zarif Tbilisi

Iranians report arbitrary ban at Georgian border

In recent years the Caucasus country has become a magnet for Iranian students, business owners, and dissidents. But now many report they’re not being allowed to enter.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 24, 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
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
Tajik authorities have said members of the public failing to wear a mask has been a likely driver of the new outbreak. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan: COVID-19 crisis escalates, forcing government to drop denials

China has delivered 300,000 doses of vaccine, but will the public want them?
Kamila Ibragimova Jun 21, 2021
No patient, no problem: President Rahmon, left, has declared victory over COVID-19. (Photo: Presidential administration)

Tajikistan: COVID strikes again, despite official denials

The government appears to be taking active measures to cover up the new outbreak.
Kamila Ibragimova May 26, 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
Dushanbe central mosque. (Photo: Flickr / Creative Commons)

Tajikistan: Huge Muslim Brotherhood trial ends with lengthy prison sentences

The group's alleged leader was an Egyptian national teaching Arabic at a local state-run university.
Apr 12, 2021
The last photo published on Rahmon’s Flickr page.

Tajikistan president pulls disappearing act over holiday season

What makes Rahmon’s disappearance all very odd is that he is a particular devotee of the Nowruz spring equinox feast.
Mar 23, 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
Dushanbe

Tajikistan’s excess mortality data belie COVID-19 denialism

Authorities have not made any attempt to explain the abnormally high number of deaths last year.
Feb 23, 2021

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