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Uzbekistan has been discussed as the most likely contender to accept some sort of U.S. military presence, even as Tashkent consistently denies the possibility.

Moscow seems willing to tolerate Taliban rights abuses, if the movement can get the job done.

It will not be the first border facility China has built for Tajikistan.

Middle-class Afghans with the means to navigate Tajikistan’s bureaucracy see the country as a springboard to the West.

The UN began transferring aid supplies through Termez this month.

If the Taliban fail at creating a viable state, Uzbekistan has much to lose.

That sets them apart from Afghanistan’s other post-Soviet neighbor, Tajikistan.

Tajikistan faces its own shortages each winter.

In our weekly briefing: doing business with Afghanistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, it’s reprimand season.

Dushanbe has irked the Taliban by offering a haven to its foes.

The 30th anniversary of independence was evidently not deemed an appropriate time for future planning. All the focus was instead on the past.

Kyrgyzstan has sent a delegation to the Taliban, while neighbor Tajikistan flirts with the Afghan resistance.

Ashgabat has pursued a notably distinct line in its engagements with the Taliban. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Uzbekistan has pushed the case for dialogue with the new rulers in Kabul.

Cotton quotas, measuring COVID mortality from space, and the dauphin takes on the economy. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of U.S. engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.

As the U.S.-led war ends, Georgians are reminiscing about their decades of Central Asian military service under two superpowers.

While clumsy on COVID-19, Turkmenistan is being more sure-footed, or consistent at least, on the Afghanistan front. Plus, unsustainable agriculture. Our weekly briefing.

The government signals it is taking COVID a bit more seriously, without admitting the virus is running rampant. And Ashgabat gets down to business with the Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.

It is one of a dozen or so countries that have agreed to accommodate refugees.

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe became a frenetic staging post for the Afghan war in late 2001.

A severe food shortage crisis is looming in Afghanistan this winter.

Iran and Georgia considered as alternatives.

Rahmon says an inclusive government bringing together all ethnicities should be formed.

Afghanistan will test China’s vision for itself.