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They found work in Russia. Then it became a deadly trap
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn Kara-Balta, Kyrgyzstan, pallbearers lift a coffin holding the body of a soldier killed in Ukraine...
'Bride kidnapping' haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee their homeland
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA protest against bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, on April 8, 2021, after a young...
In Kyrgyzstan, creeping authoritarianism rubs up against proud tradition of people power
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months agoPresidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Sadyr Japarov of Kyrgyzstan loom over the people of Bishkek....
Women Are Thriving in Kyrgyzstan’s Budding Tech Scene
Bloomberg via Yahoo Finance· 9 months ago(Bloomberg) -- Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked nation in Central Asia, has few natural resources on which...
‘Bride Kidnapping’ Review: A Tough, Handsome, Scathing Indictment of a Barbaric Kyrgyz Custom
Variety via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNear the beginning and near the end of Mirlan Abdykalykov’s beautifully made but tough-minded,...
UN slams Taliban’s ban on its Afghan women employees for impeding ‘life-saving’ work
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoThe UN has criticised the Taliban’s decision to prevent Afghanistan’s women from working for the...
This Project Aims to Make a Dangerous Asian Peak Safer
ExplorersWeb via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn order to improve safety on 7,134m Pik Lenin in the Pamirs, a new project launches this year. The...
US to meet Taliban officials in rare talks in Doha to discuss economy and women’s rights
The Independent UK via AOL· 10 months agoAfghanistan’s economic crisis, security issues and women’s rights are set to be discussed between US...
UN says Taliban bar female Afghan staffers from working
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFemale Afghan employees of the United Nation have been banned by the ruling Taliban from working in...
UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girls
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA U.N. resolution that calls on Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to swiftly reverse their increasingly...