Afghan Traders' Growing Presence in Southeast Tajikistan
Some local retailers resent incomers.
Some local retailers resent incomers.
Warnings that opposition leaders are also at “grave risk” of attack.
Government tries to obstruct Islamic State recruitment with public information as well as arrests.
Restricted opportunities to campaign at local as well as national level.
Creating an all-loyal parliament may look like the easy option, but it shuts off channels for articulating popular resentment.
Despite multiparty process, there's little doubt who will win parliamentary polls.
Lack of scrutiny enables agencies to deceive prospective seasonal workers.
Wives left behind to manage households as husbands make new lives abroad and stop sending money home.
Even the chance of low-paid casual labour is enough to draw people in from the countryside.