Khursand Khurramov is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Tajik Service.
Central Asian counties are increasingly strengthening ties with the Taliban-led Afghan government, despite its harshly criticized human rights record.
A Tajik migrant community leader vanished in Russia earlier this month, sparking suspicions he was secretly extradited by Russia to Dushanbe. The disappearance of Amriddin Alovatshoev comes amid a probe into November anti-government rallies in the remote province of Gorno-Badakhshan.
