Uzbekistan

Skateboarding Makes Afghan Girls Feel Free

In Afghanistan, the Skateistan school uses skateboarding as a tool for empowerment in a country worn by 30 years of conflict.

India Aren't the Only Country Tampering With Women's Wombs

And it's often for more reasons than misguided attempts at population control through the most brutal means possible.

I Took a Trip Down Tajikistan's 'Heroin Highway'

And learned how it was helping to keep the country together.

The Toxic Uzbek Town and Its Museum of Banned Soviet Art

The autonomous Republic of Karakalpakstan is home to a load of artworks outlawed by Joseph Stalin.

Fish Are Finally Returning to The Shrunken Aral Sea

There's hope yet for Kazakhstan's beleaguered fishermen.

Is Central Asia on the Verge of a Water War?

A new kind of conflict is rising in Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

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