Editor’s note: This the first post in a travel log by neweurasia’s Orazdurdy.   Read the first post here (ENG).

The people of Pamir are different, unlike their fellow citizens in Tajikistan and even varied among themselves. …

The incarceration of Turkmen students going to universities abroad continues. Turkmen border officials rejected several AUCA students in Ashgabat who were traveling with the winners of a one-year academic exchange visit to the U.S., reports neweurasia’s Orazdurdy.

This is what deputy minister of education told the parents of American University- Central Asia (AUCA) students at a meeting in the ministry held on August 18th. He also said the Turkmen government doesn’t need their liberal arts degrees — despite the fact that they don’t even pay a penny for AUCA, reports neweurasia’s Orazdurdy.

neweurasia’s Orazdurdy recently went on an adventure in Tajikistan. There he trekked to the Pamir Mountains.

On August 12 dozens of students at Ashgabat airport were not allowed on board a plane heading to Almaty. This is the latest incident in a broader trend: hundreds of Turkmen students still cannot leave the country in pursuit of education abroad. neweurasia’s newest Turkmen blogger, Orazdurdy, reports on the situation.