Tajikistan is seen by many Afghans as a transit country from where they hope to reach the West. “My sister and I lived in Dushanbe for two years before moving [abroad],” said Leena, a 25-year ...

Tajikistan already ceded 386 square miles of its Pamir mountain range to China in 2011, ostensibly ratifying a 1999 deal, but the move was observed as a way to finance Dushanbe’s growing debt to ...