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Isfana is to be renamed after a venerated first secretary of the Kyrgyz Communist Party.

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

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.

A former top U.S. diplomat reflects on Central Asia’s identity crisis.

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.

State TV has smeared the victim of a police shooting as a hotheaded vigilante.

Efforts to stop border trade are causing ethnic Kyrgyz to abandon a remote southern region.

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

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

As hopes for an Afghanistan gas pipeline fade again, there is more upbeat news to the west.

Both sides have agreed to initiate a joint investigation into a recent police shooting.

At least three people have reportedly been killed by government forces to date.