Uzbekistan: Afghan troubles keep border city on edge
Central Asia scrambles for clear response as Afghanistan crisis spills over
Kamila Ibragimova Aug 16, 2021
Eurasianet sources say dozens of planes from Afghanistan have landed in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan over the last 24 hours.
Turkmenistan: Out at sea
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Aug 17, 2021
With the Taliban at the border, the president heads in the other direction to oversee defense operations on the Caspian Sea. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
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Aug 18, 2021
Kalonov was placed in a psychiatric facility in 2013 for calling the late president a thief.
Armenia’s new parliament starts with squabbles
Ani Mejlumyan Aug 18, 2021
The new opposition has vowed to oppose the ruling party as if it were the enemy, and the latter is trying to forbid the former from insulting it.
Georgia warily watching Afghanistan's collapse
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 17, 2021
Georgia’s huge contributions to the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan were a key part of its strategy to join the West. Now there are fears about an isolationist turn from Washington.
Amid wave of femicides, Azerbaijan’s feminists come under attack
Heydar Isayev Aug 17, 2021
Azerbaijan’s feminist movement is small, but it has received an outsized public backlash for a campaign calling attention to the state’s responsibility to prevent domestic violence.
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Interview: Afghanistan’s ambassador to Tajikistan rejects Taliban rule
Kamila Ibragimova Aug 18, 2021
Aghbar has pledged his allegiance to the self-declared caretaker president and Taliban foe, Amrullah Saleh.