The Ferghana Valley has been the most restive area in Central Asia since the five Central Asian states became independent after the collapse of the Soviet ...

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Between 1893 and 1896, Britain made similar agreements over the Afghan-Indian border, known as the Durand Line, and with Russia over the boundary in the Pamir mountains. One of the border peaks was ...

Figure 1. The bright red faceted ruby in this gold ring is from the large and potentially productive Snezhnoe deposit in Tajikistan. Photo by Zamoniddin Z. Nasriddinov. Discovered during the late ...

Numerous perovskite deposits occur within the Ural Mountains of Russia because these substances are vital for upcoming solar energy breakthroughs. The future development of solar cells depends ...

Now, researchers surveying the Caspian Sea Basin, or the network of rivers and streams that flow to the Caspian Sea, in the Ural Mountains of Russia have discovered gudgeons in the mountain rivers ...

A woman who has cycled from Somerset to Singapore, says she "cannot believe it" and the time has "absolutely flown by". Esme ...

The region's strikingly beautiful mountains, valleys and grand Mughal-era gardens had drawn record tourist arrivals stemming ...

Officials said 24 of the people killed were Indian tourists, one was from Nepal and one was a local tourist guide. At least ...