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A shopkeeper in Dushanbe with his collection of Soviet paraphernalia for sale.

11 Jun 2022 7 minute read

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The dragon and the bear on the roof of the world

Cash-strapped but strategically important, Tajikistan is undergoing rapid change with its future increasingly being shaped...

An Afghan man sells toys during the celebration for Afghan New Year (Newroz) in Kabul, Afghanistan March 20, 2016. Afghanistan uses the Persian calendar which runs from the vernal equinox. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood

22 Mar 2022 5 minute read

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New year, fearful past

At Persian New Year, Sahar Fahimi speaks to Afghans about the humanitarian crisis tearing through their...

An Afghan man carries a package distributed by a Turkish humanitarian aid group at a distribution centre in Kabul, Afghanistan, December 15, 2021. REUTERS/Ali Khara

20 Dec 2021 5 minute read

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‘Let’s not make the same mistake again’

Ritu Mahendru speaks to Afghan aid organizations who claim international sanctions are making it harder to...

30 Nov 2021 3 minute read

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Hall of infamy: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Despite mass unemployment and a deep food crisis, Turkmenistan’s image-obsessed president claims poverty does not exist in...

Two girls by the roadside near Kazarman. TIM DIRVEN/PANOS

9 Nov 2021 5 minute read

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Kyrgyzstan: at a glance

Tina Burrett on Central Asia’s only electoral democracy.

28 Oct 2021 3 minute read

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Introducing...Hibatullah Akhundzada

Richard Swift on the Taliban leadership that now governs over 40 million Afghans.

20 Oct 2021 4 minute read

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Afghan teenagers turn homeschoolers

Blocked from education by the Taliban, Ritu Mahendru speaks to young women risking their safety to teach...

Afghan women organize protests in Kabul, following the undemocratic takeover of the state apparatus by the Taliban.

27 Sep 2021 6 minute read

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‘I fought so hard for my rights’

Ritu Mahendru speaks to Afghan women at the forefront of resisting the Taliban’s oppression, including on...

A family from Afghanistan walk next to fence to cross into Pakistan at the Friendship Gate crossing point, in the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Abdul Khaliq Achakza

6 Sep 2021 6 minute read

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‘We have lost everything’

For Afghans forced to leave their country and flee to Europe there is no place called home, writes Ritu Mahendru...

24 Aug 2021 4 minute read

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Afghanistan – what can I do?

The question so many of us are asking. Vanessa Baird has a few suggestions.

24 Aug 2021 2 minute read

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Singled out

Sex worker activists are under attack in Kyrgyzstan, writes Lauren Crosby Medlicott.

Artsakh

15 Dec 2020 2 minute read

This article is almost three years old.

Another war over

Jan-Peter Westad on the uncertain future of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict.

Dinamo Sukhumi’s stadium under construction.

17 Jul 2018 6 minute read

This article is more than five years old.

Where football meets politics

In tiny Abkhazia, outcast from the world stage, football is a source of hope. Robert O’Connor reports.

12 Jul 2018 3 minute read

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And Finally: Steve McCurry

Famous for his portrait of the green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’, photographer Steve McCurry speaks to ...

Tbilisi

12 Jan 2018 2 minute read

This article is almost six years old.

No room for dissidents in Georgia and Azerbaijan

Georgia was once hailed as a ‘beacon of democracy’, but geopolitics have taken priority over human rights, writes ...

Two women sheltering from the heat. A look at Uzbekistan today

1 Nov 2017 3 minute read

This article is more than six years old.

A look at Uzbekistan today

In December, the country elected the successor of long-time dictator Karimov. But things might not get much better.

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