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A largely Tajik village in Kyrgyzstan has been dragged into a diplomatic row since the latest fighting with neighboring Tajikistan.

The multimodal network will shave weeks off a typical journey.

Is Turkmenistan preparing a city to name after the former president? Keeping out information and keeping in people. Our weekly briefing.

The Chinese president was undoubtedly the most powerful man in the room.

Moscow’s war on Ukraine has resuscitated plans for new regional transportation links bypassing Russia.

Relations with Russia and Uzbekistan. A new city rises in the desert. And the state struggles to measure its farmland. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

An airport swindle offers an illuminating peek at the Fergana Valley's economy and fraught ethnic politics.

The landmark deal helps the two countries gain distance from Russia.

The Luban Workshops will spread technical skills, familiarity with Chinese equipment, and suspicion.

All the people released have expressed "remorse," in effect admitting culpability for criminal acts during July's unrest.

Sympathizers are expanding their social media efforts in the Uzbek language.

Uzbek natural gas production will also receive Saudi investment.

The government says the sites need to store Uzbek user data within reach.

The president said the World Chess Olympiad winners in Chennai had left “a huge mark on history.”

Authorities insist the initiative is intended to protect personal data.

Cops had become fewer at Tashkent’s metro stations. Could their return be related to unrest last month?

Several of the tunnels start near a vast bazaar in southern Kyrgyzstan.

Tashkent sees the link as part of a transcontinental route bypassing Russia.

Both have long-duration electricity supply agreements signed before the Taliban returned to power.

Officials say they are in talks with TikTok to see if they can reach an agreement to lift the ban on that resource too.

The feedback process was extended following last month's unrest in Karakalpakstan.

Central Asia sees its economic future in China, not Russia.

The Taliban have begun a PR blitz against the Islamic State, which has challenged the new Afghan government’s promise to bring peace to the country and its borders.

Corruption by judges handling urban development conflicts highlights Tashkent’s inability to reform by fiat.

Since the Taliban seized power last summer, Uzbekistan has favored engagement over isolation.