For an Australian woman with roots in Central Asia, a growing awareness of her heritage and the peril her people face all began with an embroidered skullcap.
Tag: Uzbeks (Ethnic Group)
Taliban Complete Interim Government, Still Without Women
The Taliban spurned calls from the United Nations and big donors to include women in its new cabinet, but did add a few men from minority ethnic groups.
Taliban Complete Interim Government, Still Without Women
The Taliban spurned calls from the United Nations and big donors to include women in its new cabinet, but did add a few men from minority ethnic groups.
Back to Militias, the Chaotic Afghanistan Way of War
Concerned by the Taliban’s offensive, regional power brokers are again recruiting and arming volunteer militias. But some fear the quick fix will lead to a wider breakdown.
In Xinjiang, China Targets Muslim Women in Push to Suppress Births
In most of China, women are being urged to have more babies to shore up a falling birthrate. But in Xinjiang, they are being forced to have fewer.
Kyrgyzstan Azimzhan Askarov
The human rights advocate, who was serving a life sentence on charges related to 2010 ethnic violence widely criticized as trumped-up, died in a prison clinic.
Afghan Vice President Survives Attack on Convoy
Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum had predicted that the Taliban would set an ambush for him, and they did, killing at least one of his bodyguards.