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Beg Sabur has been dispatched to the Pamirs to start work on overhauling the nation's internet.

Moscow curries favor, neighbors seek more gas, and Turkmenistan’s colossal methane pollution could power Afghanistan at little cost many times over. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Polygamous marriages can grant women some financial stability, but no legal protection if they are abandoned.

An official has identified the new purchases as Aksungur and Anka UAVs.

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In response, Beijing urged its nationals to leave Afghanistan. Then a Chinese firm signed a big new oil deal in the country’s north.

Many Armenians are wary of restoring ties with a traditional archrival.

A vaunted meeting to discuss shipping Turkmen gas to Turkey and Europe ended without a breakthrough. But Uzbekistan is buying. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Tajikistan has struggled for over a decade to raise funds for the world's tallest dam, leaving its population freezing each winter and skimping on basic social services.

Turkmenistan reveals its closest partners as it prepares to host a gas-focused summit with Azerbaijan and Turkey. Plus, with the New Year approaching, it is time for bread and circus. Our weekly briefing.

The drills included a crossing of the river that forms the Azerbaijan-Iran border, mirroring the threat that Iran’s armed forces had made weeks earlier.

Nuraliyev's time at the National Bank was dominated by a series of restrictions.

The train arrived with 40 carriages loaded with household appliances.

The ruling tandem is evidently frustrated it cannot will a functioning economy into existence by diktat.

The countries have agreed to systematize defense cooperation.