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Stephen M. Bland
Senior Editor and Head of Investigations at The Times of Central Asia. Journalist, Award-Winning Author, Travel Writer, Researcher and Editor specialising in Central Asia and the Caucasus.
Tajikistan Gallery
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Karakul Village
Crumbling Soviet garrison against a backdrop of Chinese mountains
Karakul Lake
Created by a meteor ten million years ago
The Ak-Baital White Horse Pass
At an elevation of 4,655 metres
Murgab
Local children eager to have their picture taken
Murgab
Government abstinance campaign poster
Murgab
Scrap metal dreaming of China
Murgab
Murgab Bazaar
Gunt River
Trucks queue for three days at a landslide
Khorog
Khorog Bazaar
Khorog
Moody Rahmon from the Aspects of Rahmon series
Khorog
The Afghan Border - A lone cow grazes by the shell of a bus
Pyanj River
The mountains of Afghanistan reflected in the Pyanj River
Lake Nurek
Nurek Dam - the world's tallest fully functional dam
Dushanbe
Somoni Monument
Dushanbe
The pain of selling non at the Shah Mansur Bazaar
Dushanbe
Rudaki Statue
All images copyright Stephen M. Bland
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