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UN experts today expressed serious concerns over rising tensions in eastern Tajikistan, calling on the authorities to ensure the protection of Pamiri minority and respect for human rights in the autonomous region. Read more: https://www.ohchr.org

Isolated in a valley in south-eastern Tajikistan, the inhabitants of the Bartang Valley are determined not to leave their land. The conditions there are nevertheless Dantean, with landslides, floods and earthquakes. Suzy Blondin, a geographer at the University of Neuchâtel,

Tajikistan introduces unilateral visa-free regime for citizens of 52 countries | Tajikistan News ASIA-Plus Starting from January 1, 2022 the Government of Tajikistan shall introduce a unilateral visa-free regime for the citizens of 52 countries of the world to enter the

The sudden, unexpected for everyone and without explanation, the removal of Yodgor Fayzov from the post of chairman of the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region (GBAO) caused an ambiguous reaction in society. Two days after Fayzov was dismissed from office, the authorities did

The 14-th International Culture and Tourism Festival the “Roof of the World” will be celebrated virtually ONLINE from 9th of August to 29th of August 2021. More information: http://pamirtours.tj/

The new team would like to thank Robert Middleton for developing and maintaining this site over many years. Now we, the PamirLink Association, will continue this task in his spirit.

Article in the Wiener Zeitung (German): In the Pamir mountains of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, a liberal liberal Islam has taken root. The fruits are still ripening today, but many of them are worm-eaten. Wiener Zeitung 2020 11 28

The University of Central Asia has just published an excellent study of the Pamiri house, by Shahlo Nekushoeva: https://ucentralasia.org/Resources/Item/2760/EN

This website is dedicated to the children and other people of the Pamirs, a region they know as POMIR - "the roof of the world", although some claim that POMIR means "feet of the sun".