Tajikistan

Among the former Soviet republics Tajikistan has struggled almost since its founding. When independence arrived in 1991, the country was almost immediately plunged into a civil war. The five years struggle devastated the domestic economy, and has kept Tajikistan the poorest nation in Central Asia. The over dependence on Russia, has hampered internal development in the ensuing decades. Although Tajikistan has been politically stable since the ending of hostilities in 1997, the country has never really recovered economically. Poverty remains widespread and […]