カテゴリー: Tajikistan
‘Buzkashi is a brutal sport that dates back to Genghis Khan. These Tajikistan players are trying to grab the body of a goat and drop it over a goal line. It’s every man for himself – and games can last six hours’I can’t remember where I first read abou…
From the moment I started climbing the 7,000-metre peaks of the Pamir mountains in Tajikistan, something felt off. What followed will stay with me for everI didn’t have a reason for my terrible feeling of dread – and that was part of the problem. From …
Islamic State affiliate group have claimed responsibility, though Russian investigators have sought to blame UkraineEurope live – latest updatesNineteen people, among them the four suspected gunmen, went on trial in Moscow on Monday over a concert hall…
The British government’s secret scheme to bring those at risk to the UK has dominated headlines, but, worldwide, many times more are losing protectionThe British public discovered only very belatedly that an enormous accidental data breach by an offici…
Bloc to discuss trade, security and energy with leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and TurkmenistanThe EU is being urged to put human rights centre stage as it begins its first summit with the leaders of central Asia.The presiden…
Limited details have emerged about background of Muhammadsobir Fayzov and three other Tajik men accused of carrying out atrocityFormer colleagues and clients at the small barber shop where Muhammadsobir Fayzov once worked were stunned when they saw the…
Russian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsibleVladimir Putin has said that the terrorist attack on the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow was conducted by radical Islamis…
UN report reveals Islamist group which claimed Moscow attack has enlisted militants from other terror groupsVideos back IS claim it carried out Russia attackIslamic State launched a major recruitment drive last year aimed at militants from Tajikistan a…
Boat drivers from former Soviet republics often have very little experience and no idea what they are doing is illegal, say NGOsPeople smugglers are increasingly recruiting people from former Soviet republics in central Asia to pilot boats carrying mig…
Director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s debut feature about two young brothers attempting to find their errant father is a deeply humane story about family and responsibilityThere’s a marvellous freshness and gentleness to this 1991 movie, a little like earl…
Many from Ukraine, Belarus and other ex-Soviet states mostly get by in Russian – but its prevalence is starting to cause a problemFor Russian citizens, it is extremely difficult to get into Poland these days. Even those with visas for the Schengen zone…
‘Intense battles’ in the contested region is the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet UnionFighting has erupted on the disputed border between Kyrgyzstan and its central Asian neighbour Tajikistan, leaving 24 people dead in the latest o…
Moscow’s influence in the Caucasus and central Asia is being unravelled by its ‘special military operation’The rout of the Russian army in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region seems likely to be a turning point in Kyiv’s battle to kick Russian troops out of the co…
UN refugee agency urges authorities to end forced deportations as families say they are too scared to leave their homesThe Tajikistan authorities are rounding up Afghan refugees and forcing them to cross the border back into Afghanistan, despite some h…
Escalating tensions erupt into regime-backed violence against the minority group in the autonomous region of Gorno-Badakhshan At least 25 people were killed on Wednesday by security forces in Tajikistan during a protest in the autonomous region of Gorn…