Lidia Isamova
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Long before dawn, women spread out through the capital city armed only with twig brooms.
Gender reassignment surgery is a rarity, and social prejudice deters transgender people from going public.
Hizb ut-Tahrir now targets adolescents and vulnerable women, experts say.
Big increase in movement of goods between Tajikistan and Afghanistan envisaged once new frontier link complete.
Sacking of powerful military commander raises spectre of military coup.
First face-to-face meeting between the two presidents appears to signal thaw in relations between their countries.