Resettling an entire ethnic group in another country is a monumental task fraught with legal, political, and logistical complications. But that’s what Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov wants to do with 1 ...

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice ...

Around the world, approximately 147 million people use cannabis. For many of them, the goal is to feel the effects of the plant’s psychoactive compound, ∆-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC.

The Kyrgyz of the Pamir Mountains live divided by borders -- some in China or Afghanistan, the majority in Tajikistan. During the Soviet era their nomadic lifestyle was brought to an end, as they were ...

Once part of the legendary Silk Road, Central Asia’s Pamir Mountains might be the world’s last true adventure. Pascal Mannaerts Known in Persian as the “Bam-i-Dunya” (Roof of the World), Central ...

There’s something about a journey that has a defined beginning and an end that is so appealing. It fits neatly in the mind’s narrative and in the imagination. It has the potential to be an odyssey, a ...

Ask anyone selling just about anything in Tajikistan’s lonely eastern outpost of Murgab where they got it, and odds are they’re going to give the same answer: Osh, Kyrgyzstan. At over 3,600 meters ...

A melange of aromas from various cuisines permeates the bustle of people trying to decide what to try at the EmeryBay Public Market. In this 29,500-square-foot structure is a multitude of vendors ...

My head bobs wildly, chin hitting chest and swaying from side to side, as I try to stay upright in the back seat of a Land Cruiser that’s going at speed over a gravel track, leaving behind a cloud of ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. – Opening Pamir Afghan Restaurant in Owensboro, Kentucky, is only a small part of the story Khaiber Shafaq, Tariq Pakzad and Edris Akbari have lived since 2021. The three were among ...