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TAJIKISTA
Expedition
to Tajikistan’s
Frontier
Towns
by Hannah White
KHOROG IS NESTLED BETWEEN A collection of jagged mountain peaks,
part of the Pamir range, and sits at approximately 7,000 feet above sea level.
It’s the capital of Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast, and home to Central
Asia Institute Tajikistan. It is from here that CAI Tajikistan’s four staff members
distribute educational aid to the surrounding districts.
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IN JUNE, Koytezek is a temperate
54°F. Just two months earlier this
exact spot was buried under a crust
of snow and ice.
KOYTEZEK two month
s earlier. Temperatures
at midday hovered aroun
d -16°F.
CENTRAL ASIA INSTITUTE