Look at a map showing population density in Central Asia and it is immediately apparent that the majority of the region's approximately 68 million people live in the ... Kyzyl Kum and Kara Kum ...

ON the banks of the Amu Darya, a subtle current leads the waters away; amidst the grazing livestock a boy with a ...

ON the banks of the Amu Darya, a subtle current leads the waters away; amidst the grazing livestock a boy with a piercing gaze looks on across the Amu and into Uzbekistan. He is an upright ...