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Central Bazaar in Khorog, Gorno-Badakhshan. March 2017. Downtown Khorog view, Gorno-Badakhshan. March, 2017 Dushanbe to Khorog, via the M41 (informally known as the Pamir Highway). The Vakhsh River Reservoir. Nurek, Tajikistan. March, 2017. First view of Afghanistan traveling from Dushanbe to Khorog. March, 2017. The Pamir Highway scenery. Tajikistan. March, 2017 Normat and his friends stop at one of the local restaurants for a lunch break. Vanch, Tajikistan. March 2017. Jamarj-e Bala view from Tajikistan. March, 2017. Near Vanch. Tajikistan. March, 2017. Near Vanch. Tajikistan. March, 2017. Rushan town entrance. March, 2017. In rural areas, Tajik women take care of the household and raise children, while their husbands do menial jobs abroad. Zigar, Tajikistan. March, 2017 Tajik girls walking on their way home after school. Yakhchi Mina, Tajikistan. March, 2017. The Panj River serves as a natural border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. March, 2017. Early morning commute to work. Khorog, Gorno-Badakhshan. March, 2017. Construction site on the Pamir Highway. Shohun-i Bolo, Tajikistan. March, 2017. Chinese cargo track on its way to China. Kargovad, Tajikistan. March, 2017. Downtown Khorog. March, 2017. A girl dressed in a traditional Badakhshani clothing to celebrate the coming Persian New Year (Nowruz). Khorog, Gorno-Badakhshan. March, 2017. Badakhshani women selling goods at the Khorog Bazaar. Gorno-Badakhshan. March, 2017.

Emma Kazaryan reports from the borderlands of Tajikistan and Afghanistan, one of the most inaccessible parts of the world. An anachronistic place, converged upon by uneven development and outward migration.

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