Tajikistan

Afghan tourists in Tajikistan

by Alec Metz

Years ago, a Western Farsi-speaker would tell me stories of Tajik groups from Northern Afghanistan he took to Tajikistan as part of an exchange program, and the hilarious culture clashes that would occur between the two groups, usually involving vodka and the role of women in society. Despite sharing a language, ethnicity, and (arguably) similar [...]

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Tajik Glaciers

by Dafydd

Tajikistan may not have much. No Caspian hydrocarbons, for example, but it does have water. Well accroding to reports here and here, the water supply is not so reliable any more. Seems like glacial retreat and changing weather patterns are having a pretty negative effect on Tajik agriculture and river levels. Moreover, this dents any [...]

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