Until recently, the Pamir mountains in central Asia have bucked the global melting trend, but in 2025, the region’s glaciers ...

Stretching for hundreds of kilometres across the rugged landscape of Tajikistan, the Pamir Mountains are a mindblowing sight for adventurers who dare take on the range’s dramatic peaks. Nicknamed the ...

Research suggests that there are approximately more than 69 languages spoken in Pakistan. Many of these languages are indigenous and are fast becoming extinct as people now tend to mix Urdu and ...

The Murghab district of Tajikistan sits high in the Pamir Mountains, a range sometimes referred to as the Roof of the World. Tourists often visit in summer to see the pristine landscapes and wildlife ...

Anthropologist Tobias Marschall spent 11 months living among nomadic Pamir Kyrgyz herders in the isolated mountain valleys of northeastern Afghanistan between 2015 and 2019. His photographs intimately ...

Our time spent backpacking in Tajikistan was amazing. We had just finished up a two-week journey on the Pamir Highway, a trip that took us over the second highest pass in the world, through some ...

Imagine standing on a vast plateau where the sky feels close enough to touch, and snow-capped peaks pierce the horizon in every direction. This is the legendary "Roof of the World," a term associated ...