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Copenhagen (17/08 – 78) Kidnapping, intimidation, and blackmail are just some of the means used to hit enlistment quotas in Tajikistan. When conscription season comes around in Tajikistan, military recruiters…

Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can…

Both sides are accusing one another of secretly returning troops and weapons to the contested border. Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan have once again traded accusations of covertly mustering their armed forces…