central asia

Multi-award winning feature film, Children of God explores the life and plight of street children who live beside the Baghmati River in Kathmandu. (90 min)

A severe summer drought followed by an extra harsh winter has decimated the livestock in Mongolia and may inextricably end Mongolian nomadic culture. (4:17 min)

Malalai Joya was thrown out of Afghan parliament for criticizing the warlords who are in government. She writes book and speaks about foreign forces in Afghanistan. (30 min, 2 segments)

A Mongolian throat singer demonstrates and talks about the marin whoor, a traditional Mongolian instrument equivalent to the cello, and Hoomii, the art of throat singing. (6:24 min)

RealNews reports on the US/UK relationship with Uzbekistan in Central Asia before and after 9/11. (17 min)

In 2001 the Taliban swept through Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Valley to destroy the colossal stone Buddha statues which had stood for over 1500 years. Al Jazeera looks at the aftermath in present day Bamiyan. (23:20 min, 2 segments)

Pepe Escobar at RealNews Network asks, Does anyone care about what happens to the Uighurs? All country leaders swallow Chinese propaganda and turn their backs on human right abuses in Xinjiang. (7:30 min)

Pakistans government has asked civilians in Malakand to evacuate before the army starts bombarding Taliban fighters once again. (2:33 min)