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Dust Storms from the South: Transboundary Skies
In southern Tajikistan the air sometimes thickens into haze. It comes not from local chimneys or urban traffic but from the south, rising from deserts beyond the border. Dust storms lift across Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, carried by wind into valleys of Khatlon and across the Amu Darya. These storms are transboundary events, reminders that…
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The Gissar Range: Geology and Farming
The Gissar Range cuts across central Tajikistan like a rugged spine, a long chain of folded mountains that rises between the fertile valleys of the Vakhsh and Zarafshan rivers. It is not the highest range in the country, nor the most remote, but it is one of the most inhabited and historically shaped by human…
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