Azerbaijan is racing to rebuild in recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh
Exiled Azeris are returning
Arif Hajiyev has spent his career working for the municipality of Agdam, his home town in Azerbaijan. For three decades, however, he was unable to set foot there. In the early 1990s, Agdam fell victim to the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, a multi-ethnic region claimed by both Azerbaijan and Armenia. Its Azeri population fled, and the town was looted and landmined. But in November 2020, Azerbaijan won back much of the territory, including Agdam. Now, Mr Hajiyev says, a new era has arrived. “I am more than excited to be moving back,” he says, gazing at the ruins of his former high school.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “After the war”
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