Deep in the Tajik mountains live the last bearers of the dying language and culture of the ancient Sogdians

How poor planning and a fixation on faulty test results undid months of hard work

23 years since the signing of the peace agreement between the government and the United Tajik Opposition, true reconciliation seems as far away as ever

Recent reports from Almaty shed a little light on a rather unclear issue

How Central Asia fought the coronavirus with quarantines – and appears to be winning

The Tajik authorities’ prolonged refusal to acknowledge COVID-19 infections has come at a heavy cost to public health

What lies behind Rustam Emomali’s meteoric rise to power?

As one of the few remaining countries in the world yet to record cases, residents of Tajikistan are anxiously awaiting the arrival of COVID-19. Meanwhile, some doctors argue that the country experienced its first wave of the virus already last year...