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An update on recent developments in China-Central Asian affairs.

Rahmon is selling this as a triumph for his industrialization agenda, but there are concerns of mounting militarization.

Following the twin blows of COVID and Russia's war in Ukraine, Dushanbe is struggling to pay for the dam itself.

Also, the state of morality in Uzbekistan as the state seeks to curb excess piety and unlawful immorality.

Xi offers a helping hand in developing Central Asian political parties.

An update on recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.

The scale of the country's methane emissions is becoming a major embarrassment, but the government seems unwilling to do anything about it. This and more in this week's Akhal-Teke bulletin.

A bulletin of recent developments in Chinese-Central Asian affairs.

And U.S. officials have been touring the region chiding countries for failing to prevent Russian sanctions-busting.

The rights group's report suggests that troops on both sides knowingly targeted civilians with deadly force.

One senior security services officer is said to have been killed in a clash with alleged smugglers.

A panhandling president is unaccountable to his Western benefactors.

And even a strongman needs friends.

Uzbekistan is working to introduce penalties for wasting water.

Abdullo Shamsiddin’s supporters have said his apparent crime was to “like” a post on social media.

The embassy in Dushanbe, which is still run by the anti-Taliban opposition, is said to be considering its position.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

Authorities have responded to public fears by forming a committee to oversee existing committees.

Attention will now turn to the delicate process of enabling children to readapt to normal civilian life.

Rahmon rarely acknowledges major disasters, but he may feel the need to paper over fraught relations with the Pamiris.

174,000 Tajiks became citizens of Russia in 2022, up from 104,000 the year before.

Beg Sabur has been dispatched to the Pamirs to start work on overhauling the nation's internet.

Moscow curries favor, neighbors seek more gas, and Turkmenistan’s colossal methane pollution could power Afghanistan at little cost many times over. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned.