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Journalists from Tajikistan played vital roles for many foreign news agencies.

An Afghan official blames the Ukraine war for choking the banking system in Central Asia, but the fact remains the Taliban regime is broke.

Officials insist only armed men have been killed, but chatter on social media describes at least some of the fatalities as civilians.

Khorog has reportedly been encircled by government troops and internet connections have been suspended.

The militant group claimed last month that it had launched a rocket attack on Uzbekistan.

Amriddin Alovatshoyev’s trial lasted only two hours.

Kyrgyzstan had hoped its own acquisition of the same drones last year would give it a strategic edge over Tajikistan.

One unwilling recruit was turned into an example, another an ICU patient.

Kyrgyz villagers on the border with Tajikistan are growing accustomed to regular shoot-outs, and not expecting help from their government.

Dushanbe is dependent on Russia and indebted to China. Will the IMF come to the rescue?

Chinese investors often get generous tax breaks in the country.

The president has given no indication he has a plan, other than to instruct the public to stockpile two years’ worth of food.

Absent information from authorities, rumors are driving wild market swings.

Any faith Central Asian governments had in Russian military power has no doubt been shaken by its glaring failures in Ukraine.

A fledgling job-creating enterprise offers hope in a troubled corner of the country, where the government talks big and does little.

The president’s visit to Batken was a missed opportunity for peacemaking, locals say.

ISKP is reaching out to minorities in Afghanistan and their ethnic cousins in post-Soviet Central Asia.

Tajikistan has hitched itself firmly to the Russian economy. Now it’s in deep trouble.

The migrant-dependent countries face a double whammy.

Local currencies rise and fall with the ruble.

Sanctions on Russia are hurting savers in Tajikistan.

Sanctions on Russia quickly impact its allies in Central Asia.

An increasingly isolated Moscow has been vigorously reaching out to Central Asian partners.

The damage incurred to the Russian economy spells bad news for labor migrants earning rubles.

Under the new regulations, all foreign workers must undergo fingerprinting and extensive medical exams within 30 days of arrival.