Tanks line a practice ground near the border with Afghanistan.
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A mountain valley in southern Tajikistan, on the road from the Afghan border to Rasht.
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The main road through the Rasht Valley, the recent site of intense fighting.
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A gas station worker fills up a tank. Tajikistan is one of the poorest countries in the world. Few stations have gas pumps.
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The main mosque in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe, overflows with worshippers on a Friday afternoon.
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A sign at a 12,000-foot high mountaintop warns against landmines left over from Tajikistan's 1992 to 1997 civil war.
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A man sells melons at the Green Bazaar in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe.
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A woman sells sour dried cheese balls, a local treat, at the market in Kulyab, southern Tajikistan.
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Women walk through the bustling market in Kulyab, southern Tajikistan.
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Marat Mamadshoev, editor-in-chief of Asia Plus, Tajikistan’s most respected newspaper.
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Hikmatulloh Saifulozoda, a member of the Islamic Renaissance Party.
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Neary 50 percent of Tajiks live in poverty, according to the World Bank.
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Chinese trucks, goods and workers are ubiquitous in Tajikistan, where they are building a major road through the impoverished and dilapidated country.
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Military posts line the 800 mile border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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The Panj River divides Afghanistan from Tajikistan, running the length of their 800-mile shared border.
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An village in Afghanistan as seen from the Tajikistan border.
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