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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.

There has been a surge in the number of Pakistanis visiting for tourism.

Turkmenistan is embracing the Taliban takeover next door and refusing to get involved in humanitarian operations. This and more in our weekly briefing.

Students stranded in Afghanistan or separated from their families speak out.

Aghbar has pledged his allegiance to the self-declared caretaker president and Taliban foe, Amrullah Saleh.

Termez is normally a sleepy place, but the Taliban's ascendancy has put some on edge.

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.

Thoughts have now turned to bolstering security.

Eurasianet sources say dozens of planes from Afghanistan have landed in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan over the last 24 hours.

The Taliban has assured the region’s governments that it has no designs on them, but can it keep more hostile groups in check?

The small community has been thrust back into the news by the Taliban advance. But there are no easy answers to questions about their future.

Central Asian leaders are engaged in a balancing act, showing they are content to live with the Taliban’s ascendancy in Afghanistan while signaling they will deal firmly with any trouble that might spill over.