Afghans and Tajiks mix in rare but vital border bazaar
KALAI-KHUMB, Tajikistan, May 22, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance
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KALAI-KHUMB, Tajikistan, May 22, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance
For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance to cross the border into neighbouring Tajikistan and pick up food and household goods.
KALAI-KHUMB, (Tajikistan): For Afghans living under Taliban rule, a Saturday market is a rare chance to cross the...
Pentagon leaders appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee in late September to review the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban’s takeover of the country. As the Taliban gains control over the country amidst ongoing instability, it has become clear that the road to peace seems more difficult than ever before. “I think […]
Porosity of Tajik-Afghan Border Making Beijing’s Involvement in Region More Ominous Publication: Eurasia Daily Monitor Volume: 18 Issue: 24 Bridge spanning the Afghan-Tajikistani border (Source: Aga Khan Foundation) In most parts of the world, the lines on maps separating countries are true borders. That is, they are controlled by the governments on one or both sides. But in some places, they remain the quasi-open frontiers they were in the past or have reemerged as such because of recent political changes; those borders are highly porous zones, where people and goods can move more or less ...