Turko Dikaev

When Tajik drug traffickers default on payment, their Afghan business partners wreak vengeance by kidnapping locals in cross-border raids.
Some believe Russian troops’ departure from Afghan frontier will boost drug trade, but others say trafficking was rampant anyway.
From birth to death, many people evade the census-takers for tax and legal purposes.
Tajiks living near the border with Afghanistan are falling prey to drug dealers who are taking desperate measure to recover debts.
Dozens of members of banned Hizb-ut-Tahrir arrested in government’s heartland.
This month marks the start of a phased withdrawal of Russian troops from the Tajik-Afghan border.
Tajik women are caught between old-fashioned attitudes and modern expectations, as they struggle to raise their families alone.
Tajiks living near the border with Afghanistan are falling prey to drug dealers who are taking desperate measure to recover debts.
Youngsters in remote areas of Tajikistan are suffering as the regional relief effort focuses on Afghanistan.