Three regions of Tajikistan: Pamir Mountains, the Wakhan and Bartang valleys have been inscribed in the list of Global Top 100 (The Sustainable Destinations Global Top 100) at ITB this year Pamir ...

A lush field of wheat ripening to gold. Beyond that an ancient river celebrated in the Puranas and early Greek texts — a river that flows now across four countries, its colours changing from ...

Central Asia has a rugged landscape that’s perfect for outdoor pursuits. Here are the most epic adventures to be had—from Kazakhstan to Uzbekistan. Stretching east from the Caspian Sea to the western ...

Researchers have discovered for the first time the breeding area of the large-billed reed warbler -- dubbed in 2007 as "the world's least known bird species" -- in the remote and rugged Wakhan ...

A thin strip of land jutting out from Afghanistan, it was created in the 19th century by the British and Russian empires as a barrier so that their empires would never touch. Today it is home to one ...

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 ...

Anthropologist Tobias Marschall spent 11 months living among nomadic Pamir Kyrgyz herders in the isolated mountain valleys of northeastern Afghanistan between 2015 and 2019. His photographs intimately ...

In this country’s most remote corner – far from the central government, the Taliban, running water, roads, paper currency, foreign troops and medical care – word of the other Afghanistan has arrived.

The conflict in Afghanistan has reduced the flow of tourists to the country almost to zero. But one remote, northern corner of the country has remained at peace, and is keen to welcome more visitors.

General V K Singh had zeroed in on Wakhan as the theatre of geo-strategic importance for stability in the restive Af-Pak region with a greater implication for ...