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The end of the harvest is a time for ritual partying in southern Kyrgyzstan. The festivities can last for days.

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

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

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

Tashkent is regretting its early embrace of the Chinese app.

The world’s most popular TikTok house is in Almaty. Not all locals are happy about it.

Even in the late 1990s, there were already signs that President Rahmon would ignore the peace accords, writes the former U.S. ambassador.

Aisuluu Tynybekova conquered poverty, prejudice and depression to win a nation’s respect.

It's a niche scene, but comics have plenty of local material to work with.

Eldor Shomurodov’s success making it into one of Europe’s most important national football leagues has generated a fresh flurry of ambition among young Uzbek players.

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.

A senior American official describes trying to square two Bush administration priorities: human rights and the Global War on Terror.

Behind the scenes with an American negotiator who helped forge a radical new level of U.S. engagement in Central Asia after 9/11.

While encouraging educational exchanges and agricultural innovation, Washington's first ambassador to Turkmenistan found government suspicion overwhelming.

The U.S. Embassy in Dushanbe became a frenetic staging post for the Afghan war in late 2001.