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Anka drones are produced by the Ankara-based Turkish Aerospace Industries. (Photo: Turkish Aerospace website)

Kyrgyzstan buys new batch of Turkish-made drones

An official has identified the new purchases as Aksungur and Anka UAVs.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Jan 18, 2023
Osh hospital

EurasiaChat: Healthcare is collapsing in Central Asia and doctors are being blamed

Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Aigerim Toleukhanova, Alisher Khamidov Jan 17, 2023
Jabbar

Islamic State claims Tajik behind attack on Chinese in Kabul

In response, Beijing urged its nationals to leave Afghanistan. Then a Chinese firm signed a big new oil deal in the country’s north.
Lucas Webber Jan 11, 2023
Chinese and Kyrgyz troops

China stepping up military cooperation with Tajikistan

The countries have agreed to systematize defense cooperation.
Nov 22, 2022
Tajik Defense Minister Colonel General Sherali Mirzo, left, seen alongside the chief of staff of Iran’s armed forces, Major-General Mohammad Bagheri, at a ceremony in May to mark the opening of an Ababil-2 production facility in Dushanbe. (Photo: Press TV)

Tajikistan denies it is delivering Iran-designed drones to Russia

Dushanbe apparently began producing Iranian drones under license earlier this year.
Oct 31, 2022
Isfara

Tajikistan: Helpless Kyrgyz communities isolated and stranded by border tension

Until last year, ethnic Kyrgyz people were able to cross into neighboring Kyrgyzstan with their Tajik passports. Now they must first travel to a third country, an option few can afford.
Oct 26, 2022
An image that Kyrgyzstan says shows Tajik troops being moved to an area of the contested border. (Photo: Kyrgyzstan GKNB)

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan border tensions simmer amid a flurry of accusations

Both sides are accusing one another of secretly returning troops and weapons to the contested border.
Oct 19, 2022
Social media image of Ehson Aminzoda sourced by RFE/RL's Tajik service.

Russian army shooting suspects identified as nationals of Tajikistan

Media accounts appear to suggest the men had been enlisted in the Russian army against their will.
Oct 18, 2022
Erdogan

EurasiaChat: Putin stole the show, but Turkey brought the goods

Russia and Kazakhstan are doing the dirty work for Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Plus, Ukraine war brings Central Asia and Turkey closer together.
Aigerim Toleukhanova, Joanna Lillis, EurasiaChat Oct 17, 2022
CSTO exercises in Tajikistan last October (CSTO)

Too early to call time on the CSTO

More than a military alliance analogous to NATO, the bloc is a political entity. But analysts have never agreed on its exact purpose.
Peter Leonard, Kamila Ibragimova Oct 13, 2022
Nadyrov farm

Kyrgyzstan: The dashed dreams of a man who loved his land

A man who tried against all odds to build a successful business on the Tajik-Kyrgyz border was killed in fighting last month. Matisa Nadyrov told Eurasianet of his dreams just a few months ago.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva, Photos by Danil Usmanov Oct 7, 2022
An informal hiring point for migrant laborers in Moscow (Marcel Crozet / ILO)

Central Asians targeted in Russia’s desperate mobilization drive

Rights activists insist Central Asian laborers are being conned.
Oct 3, 2022
Uch-Korgon women pray with a family displaced from Batken. (Photos by Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan: Ethnic Tajiks uneasy after border conflict

A largely Tajik village in Kyrgyzstan has been dragged into a diplomatic row since the latest fighting with neighboring Tajikistan.
Sep 29, 2022
Kyrgyz GKNB chief Kamchybek Tashiyev speaking in the village of Ak-Sai, a village badly affected in this month's violence, on September 21. (Photo: Danil Usmanov)

Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan reach demilitarization deal, sparking anger among border residents

Both countries have committed to vacate four border posts apiece near areas where clashes took place.
Sep 26, 2022
Kapchygai

Kyrgyzstan: Border villagers defiant, but many looking to move away

Kyrgyz villagers believe Tajikistan is trying to make life so miserable and unbearable that they will up sticks and move away, ultimately ceding the land by default.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva, Photos by Danil Usmanov Sep 26, 2022

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