Anushervon Aripov is a journalist for Current Time TV.
In the Tajik exclave of Vorukh, surrounded by Kyrgyzstan, residents have just one main road, a so-called “road of life,” that runs to Tajikistan. But, even with fighting with Kyrgyz over, most interviewed Tajik drivers say traveling it after sundown is "a big risk."
Just one main road connects the Tajik exclave of Vorukh, via Kyrgyz territory, with the rest of Tajikistan. But even after the end of the April 28-29, 2021 border fighting with Kyrgyzstan, Vorukh residents say traveling the road to the Tajik city of Isfara after sundown is "a big risk."
As China’s scrap-metal needs evolve, small, scrap-metal factories in neighboring Tajikistan that long have sparked complaints about environmental pollution are beginning to close. Only three such factories out of a former 25 still remain in the capital, Dushanbe.
