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School Maksat

2021: Eurasianet’s year in review

Catch up on the biggest events we covered this year.
Dec 29, 2021
A joint Kazakh-Russian military exercise in 2018. (Photo: Russian Defense Ministry)

Kazakhstan ratifies updated military coop agreement with Russia

Moscow is working to stop the West engaging in security dialogue with Central Asian states.
Almaz Kumenov Dec 22, 2021
The head of the opposition-run embassy in Dushanbe, Zahir Aghbar. (Photo: Eurasianet)

Taliban accidentally wires money to Tajikistan-based opposition

The embassy says it refuses to give back the cash.
Kamila Ibragimova Dec 20, 2021
Screenshot of Faizov interview to state television.

Tajikistan: Authorities go back on their word in deal with GBAO residents

State TV has smeared the victim of a police shooting as a hotheaded vigilante.
Dec 10, 2021
Arka

Kyrgyzstan: A stranded village on Tajik border struggles for survival

Efforts to stop border trade are causing ethnic Kyrgyz to abandon a remote southern region.
Peter Leonard Dec 9, 2021
A screenshot of Uzbek militants pledging allegiance to IS.

Perspectives | Islamic State continues anti-Taliban PR push, with Tashkent in crosshairs

The Islamic State in Afghanistan is using the Taliban’s cozy relations with Uzbekistan as propaganda fodder.
Lucas Webber Dec 9, 2021
Tajik boys

Tajikistan press-gangs an army to defend long Afghan border

The conscripts, generally Tajikistan’s poorest young men, are brutalized into service. And they are the country’s first line of defense.
Kamila Ibragimova Dec 2, 2021
The protests in Khorog lasted four days. (Photo: Courtesy photo via RFE/RL)

Standoff in eastern Tajikistan ends peacefully

Both sides have agreed to initiate a joint investigation into a recent police shooting.
Nov 29, 2021
The crowd in Khorog. (Photo: Courtesy photo via RFE/RL)

Tajikistan: Testy demonstrations in the Pamirs drag into third day

At least three people have reportedly been killed by government forces to date.
Kamila Ibragimova Nov 27, 2021
Putin Pashinyan Aliyev

Leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan meet, agree to work bilaterally

There was much to discuss just over a year after the end of the war, including ongoing border tensions, plans to reopen borders and transportation, and the fate of Armenian prisoners.
Joshua Kucera Nov 26, 2021
Not much fun without a VPN (state media)

The great paywall of Turkmenistan

Letters from Washington, cybersecurity cooperation with China, and negotiating with a bankrupt Taliban. This and more in our weekly briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 23, 2021
Mahmoody

Uzbekistan: Afghans fleeing Taliban get cold shoulder from Tashkent

Uzbekistan says it will not accept Afghan refugees.
Nov 18, 2021
Russian peacekeeper

As Azerbaijan pushes advantage against Armenia, Russia’s role again under scrutiny

The recent fighting is a challenge to Moscow’s role as a peacemaker. But Russia may not have many options.
Joshua Kucera Nov 17, 2021
Orto-Tokoy

‘Expect less water next year,’ Kyrgyzstan warns downstream neighbors

Relations between upstream and downstream Central Asian countries can be tense. This won’t help.
Ayzirek Imanaliyeva Nov 5, 2021
Kunduz suicide bomber

Perspectives | Islamic State using China to vilify Taliban

Since the Taliban took Kabul, Islamic State sympathizers across South Asia have increased attacks on the movement over its ties to China.
Lucas Webber Nov 4, 2021

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