Cross-border trade with China, it says, will revive not just the depressed Gorno-Badakhshan region in the Pamir mountains, but the country as a whole.

ECONOMIST: Tajikistan

The government accused Mr. Ayombekov, a Gorno-Badakhshan native, of assassinating days earlier a general commanding the provincial branch of the Tajik state security service.

WSJ: Western Tourists Caught in Tajik Drama

The Islamic Revival Party's regional chief in Gorno-Badakhshan, Sabzali Mahmadrizoev, disappeared shortly after speaking at a protest rally in Khorog last Monday, Mr. Kabiri said.

WSJ: Western Tourists Caught in Tajik Drama