Stories about Central Asia & Caucasus from December, 2024
Children of the border: Uncovering the crisis of child labor and sexual exploitation at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
At Torkham, a busy Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing, young children navigate heavy traffic, carrying burdensome loads. Their presence amid bustling trade highlights stark issues of exploitation, survival, and a precarious shadow economy.
Journalist and human rights activist Murat Temirov, an ethnic Circassian from Russia, talks about Circassians
How Circassians maintain connections despite being scattered across the world, whether there is a unified Circassian national movement, and what its goals are.
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