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  1. Tajikistan-Afghanistan Border Crisis Could Destabilize Central Asia
    SecurityOpinion13 May

    Why the Tajikistan-Afghanistan Border Crisis Could Destabilize Central Asia

    A wave of deadly clashes on the Tajikistan-Afghanistan border, including attacks that killed Chinese workers inside Tajikistan in November, is raising the risk of broader instability across Central Asia and putting trade routes, energy links, foreign investment, and regional diplomacy under growing pressure.