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The last two meetings between the two countries’ leaders have been in Brussels. Moscow has noticed.

Dushanbe wants obedience but treats the region as something to be exploited and ignored.

Mamadbokir Mamadbokirov had been wanted by the authorities since February.

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.

As a new border commission prepares to start work, it will have to reckon with persistent disagreements over what to do with a handful of quirks of Soviet border-drawing.

Supporters of a new bill say the country needs to strengthen civilian defense. But skeptics say it could lead to increased gun crimes.

It is a response to Azerbaijan’s earlier five-point proposal, but the secrecy around it has only increased suspicion among Armenians.

Many outsiders have been calling on Georgia to take advantage of Russian weakness to reclaim its lost territories. But Georgians themselves aren’t having it.

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

The dram has gained about 15 percent against the dollar in recent weeks, bolstered by an influx of Russians to Armenia and a move to buy gas in rubles rather than dollars.

Amriddin Alovatshoyev’s trial lasted only two hours.

Even as opposition mounts to the government’s negotiating strategy with Azerbaijan, it’s unclear whether the protest leaders can offer a credible alternative.