Tajikistan
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Buzkashi horsemen battling for a headless goat: Todd Antony’s best photograph
‘Buzkashi is a brutal sport that dates back to Genghis Khan. These Tajikistan players are trying to grab the b…
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A moment that changed me: I was desperate to get off the mountain – and that gut instinct saved my life
From the moment I started climbing the 7,000-metre peaks of the Pamir mountains in Tajikistan, something felt …
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Suspected gunmen go on trial in Moscow over concert hall terror attack
Islamic State affiliate group have claimed responsibility, though Russian investigators have sought to blame U…
- Afghanistan, Immigration and asylum, Injunctions, Iran, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Superinjunctions, Tajikistan, Taliban, UK news, World news
The Guardian view on the other Afghan scandal: countries are forcing refugees back to Taliban rule | Editorial
The British government’s secret scheme to bring those at risk to the UK has dominated headlines, but, worldwid…
- Europe, European commission, European Union, Human rights, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, South and Central Asia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ursula von der Leyen, Uzbekistan, World news
EU urged to put human rights centre stage at first central Asia summit
Bloc to discuss trade, security and energy with leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and …
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‘I noticed nothing strange’: suspect’s colleagues express shock at Moscow attack
Limited details have emerged about background of Muhammadsobir Fayzov and three other Tajik men accused of car…
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Putin says radical Islamists carried out Moscow attack but maintains claim Ukraine was involved
Russian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State bran…
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Islamic State ‘recruiting from Tajikistan and other central Asian countries’
UN report reveals Islamist group which claimed Moscow attack has enlisted militants from other terror groupsVi…
- Azerbaijan, Europe, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Migration, Refugees, South and Central Asia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, World news
People smugglers recruiting skippers from central Asia on Turkey to Italy route
Boat drivers from former Soviet republics often have very little experience and no idea what they are doing is…
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Bratan review – warm-hearted road movie is all about the journey
Director Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov’s debut feature about two young brothers attempting to find their errant fathe…
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‘Warsaw feels like a mini Soviet Union’: how Russian is gaining ground in Poland’s capital
Many from Ukraine, Belarus and other ex-Soviet states mostly get by in Russian – but its prevalence is startin…
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Fighting flares on disputed Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan border, killing 24 people
‘Intense battles’ in the contested region is the latest outbreak of violence to hit the former Soviet UnionFig…
- Armenia, Azerbaijan, Europe, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, South and Central Asia, Tajikistan, Ukraine, World news
Former Soviet states eye opportunities as Russia suffers Ukraine rout
Moscow’s influence in the Caucasus and central Asia is being unravelled by its ‘special military operation’The…
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Tajikistan ‘rounding up and deporting Afghan refugees’
UN refugee agency urges authorities to end forced deportations as families say they are too scared to leave th…
- Conflict and arms, Europe, Global development, Human rights, Protest, Russia, South and Central Asia, Tajikistan, World news
Twenty-five ethnic Pamiris killed by security forces in Tajikistan protests
Escalating tensions erupt into regime-backed violence against the minority group in the autonomous region of G…