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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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