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09 August09.08The two deportations of YaghnobDeep in the Tajik mountains live the last bearers of the dying language and culture of the ancient Sogdians -
06 August06.08What went wrong in Central Asia’s coronavirus response?How poor planning and a fixation on faulty test results undid months of hard work
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31 July31.07“Another week and I wouldn’t have got out of there alive”Why patients in Uzbekistan fear ending up in hospital, and medics fear the end of the lockdown -
30 July30.07“The number of graves now is 15 times greater”Lebap region residents told to hide new graves from satellite imaging amid more reports of chaos in Turkmenistan’s COVID-19 response -
25 July25.07Slaying the hydraWhy the coronavirus has been winning in Kyrgyzstan -
21 July21.07War of worldsThe first public protest action in Uzbekistan in defence of women’s rights met with an aggressive reaction from much of society -
18 July18.07The secrets of O’rtasaroyHow Uzbekistan’s shipping-container quarantine camp became a symbol of government coercion -
17 July17.07Tell it to the windThe WHO’s Turkmenistan mission reports back as the Turkmen government sticks to its bizarre airborne dust theory