Travel across Tajikistan through the high Pamir Mountains and the region of Gorno-Badakshan, today under growing Chinese influence. Inhabited by the Pamiri community, the conservative East of the country holds striking cultural differences with the West, due to the Ismaili heritage and colourful traditions.

Tajikistan was the first of the Central Asian republic to gain independence from the USSR in December 1991.

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