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News: “The Tajik-Afghan Borderland - What's going on and how we got here” - Mélanie Sadozaï from DIMAS in a Podcast-Interview

The new episode of Turan Tales Podcast about the Tajik-Afghan Borderland

26 January 2026, by DIMAS

The new episode of Turan Tales Podcast (external link, opens in a new window) sheds light on the evolving Tajikistan–Afghanistan border region and highlights how recent events are reshaping opportunities for cooperation, stability, and understanding in one of the world's most overlooked areas.

Mélanie Sadozaï shares her fieldwork insights to offer tangible context on the region's long standing connections, and why borders, when understood through lived experience, can function as bridges rather than barriers.

To listen to the full episode please go here (external link, opens in a new window)

Border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in Khatlon, 2014 ©/Photo: Mélanie Sadozaï
Border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in Vanj, 2019 ©/Photo: Mélanie Sadozaï
Border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan in Darwaz, 2021 ©/Photo: Mélanie Sadozaï
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