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Tashkent hopes to double tourist arrivals by 2025, but is the deluge sustainable?

Moscow is working to stop the West engaging in security dialogue with Central Asian states.

The halt will drive up prices for second-hand cars.

Despite Ashgabat’s fervent diplomacy, one ingredient is missing from its dream project across Afghanistan. Our weekly briefing.

The embassy says it refuses to give back the cash.

Changing tastes threaten askiya, a centuries-old Uzbek tradition that prizes wit, improvisation, and mastery of language.

The new launchpad is designed to accommodate more environmentally safe craft.

Turkmenistan is busily engaging with neighbors. Plus: Dancing diplomats and the president’s nephew liquidates a dodgy scheme after journalists exposed him. Our weekly briefing.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

Her social media bot promises to help Uzbek farmers get their goods to market while increasing their profit margins.

Flights will take 30 minutes on a route considerably shorting travel times from the mainland.

The Islamic State in Afghanistan is using the Taliban’s cozy relations with Uzbekistan as propaganda fodder.

Tashkent is regretting its early embrace of the Chinese app.

The Uzbek blogger who first raised these concerns was smeared, beaten, and now faces trial.

The conscripts, generally Tajikistan’s poorest young men, are brutalized into service. And they are the country’s first line of defense.