To ensure year-round access to clean water, a 100-cubic-meter reservoir was constructed. The water supply is sourced from a ...

In rural Tajikistan, ... But as RFE/RL correspondent Matthew Luxmoore discovered in the village of Budiyon, it is their children who ensure that laughter and optimism prevail in their absence.

Inhabitants of Tajikistan's Yaghnob Gorge, located some 3,000 meters above sea level, are used to being largely cut off from modern life. Most make a living from farming and tending livestock in ...

On a separate production line, the slate is molded and prepared for distribution. The facility's specialists and workers can ...

The ruins of several medieval tombs discovered by chance in the area of what was once the ancient city of Sogda are arousing ...

Roghunshoh, pictured with his brother and sister and his family’s shares. The family ultimately bought $1,500 worth. (Eurasianet) Roghunshoh, a shy and studious nine-year-old in the northern ...

Sitora, a 37-year-old from southern Tajikistan village of Qumsangir, set up a sewing shop after her husband called from Russia to say he was leaving her. By means of a simple verbal statement he made ...

Villagers in a sleepy village in southern Tajikistan are under attack, blasted by insulting poems that are mysteriously cropping in public places where they are sure to sting. Outraged residents of ...

In a Remote Village in Tajikistan, Shipping Containers Become Big Box Stores. Along the Pamir Highway, Murghab’s steel-clad bazaar offers everything from car parts to ice cream.

Her village was one of the ten impacted during violent clashes on the border between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in mid-September. Kyrgyzstan-Tajikistan Conflict Leaves Children without Education ...

On New Year’s Eve 2019, Tayyib Safarov, a resident of Somoniyon, Tajikistan, a small village along the Kyrgyzstan border, went to collect water for her family. On route, she was shot dead. The shot ...